STICK OUT Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

stick out

verb

Definition of stick out next

as in to protrude

to extend outward beyond a usual point no feet sticking out in the aisles, please

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as in to stand

to put up with (something painful or difficult) managed to stick out the whole race despite her bad knee

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Recent Examples of stick out The library is a one-story brick building with two white pillars up front sticking out like tusks, smooth and thin. —

Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 The restaurant will be launching lunch eventually—with, naturally, Sunday roasts, a pub trapping as proper and totemic as malt vinegar and newsprint, or pastry with a piscine head sticking out. —

Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 May 2026 And although the new addition containing the guest rooms sticks out quite a bit, the original brick structures have been carefully preserved. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026 Inside, a photo shows DeSantis working on his short game in front of the mansion, a putter in his hands and a cigar sticking out of his mouth — his way of making America (and Florida) healthy again. —

Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stick out

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Under the flaps of his jacket there was a small tear in his T-shirt, directly over his left nipple, which protruded like a knot of purple rope.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
And in turn, the 867-foot monolith protruding from the surrounding Wyoming prairie like the stump of the world’s largest tree became a big draw for tourists.

— Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 14 May 2026