Definition for Excrescence:

• Any abnormal outgrowth.

Synonyms for Excrescence:

• n.

  •
  • blade,
  • bur,
  • bud,
  • beanstalk,
  • boll,
  • anther,
  • bulb,
  • aerial root,
  • bract.
  •
  • horror,
  • a blot on the landscape,
  • sight,
  • grotesque.
  •body (noun)
  • excrescence.
  •bulge (noun)
  • convexity,
  • intumescence,
  • Convexities,
  • tumefaction,
  • outthrust,
  • bagginess,
  • nodulation,
  • tuberosity,
  • nodules,
  • Tuberosities,
  • gibbosities,
  • salients,
  • salience,
  • gibbosity,
  • nodule.
  •bump (noun)
  • bump.
  •excrescence (noun)
  • jut,
  • prominence,
  • protrusion,
  • extrusion,
  • gibbousness.
  •growth (noun)
  • para site,
  • para-sites,
  • cancroids,
  • para sites,
  • fibrousnesses,
  • para-site.
  •hump (noun)
  • convexednesses,
  • kyphosises,
  • tumescences.
  •pimple (noun)
  • caruncle,
  • blackhead,
  • beauty spot,
  • caruncles,
  • whitehead,
  • Hickeys,
  • Papulae,
  • Papula,
  • whiteheads,
  • papule,
  • blackheads,
  • inflammation,
  • hickey,
  • Papules.
  •protuberance (noun)
  • enlargement,
  • lump,
  • knob,
  • accretion.
  •ramification (noun)
  • bifurcations,
  • branchings,
  • forkings,
  • bifurcation,
  • branching.
  •zit (noun)
  • goopheads.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • eyesore,
  • monstrosity.
  •
  • clash.

Antonyms for Excrescence:

• n.

  • protuberance
    decrease, shrinkage.
  • Other antonyms:
    embellishment, enhancement, ornament, adornment, decoration.

Excrescence Sentence Examples:

• Fleda, dismayed, could see the thing - something glazed and piped, on iron pillars, with untidy plants and cane sofas; a shiny excrescence on the noble face of Poynton.

• Harry, who knew the house from his early days, had dubbed its peak - roofed excrescence the chamber up a tower to the east that Elaine guarded the sacred shield of Lancelot in; it was sometimes more briefly referred to as Elaine.

Homophones for Excrescence:

• exercising.

Hypernym for Excrescence:

• n.

  • body
    vegetation.

Hyponym for Excrescence:

• n.

  • body
    growth, process, outgrowth, appendage.