Synonyms for projection
prəˈdʒɛk ʃənpro·jec·tion

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1. projectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   protuberance

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. projection

   Synonyms:
   protuberance, prominence, convexity, propulsion, emission

   Antonyms:
   recess, cavity, concavity, return, indentation, hollow, attraction, recoil, rebound, ricochet, reaction

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1. projectionnoun

   a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

   Synonyms:
   protrusion, ejection, jut, forcing out, sound projection, jutting, project, expulsion, acoustic projection

2. projectionnoun

   the projection of an image from a film onto a screen

   Synonyms:
   protrusion, ejection, jut, forcing out, sound projection, jutting, project, expulsion, acoustic projection

3. project, projectionnoun

   a planned undertaking

   Synonyms:
   forcing out, protrusion, labor, ejection, jut, undertaking, task, sound projection, jutting, project, expulsion, acoustic projection

4. projectionnoun

   any structure that branches out from a central support

   Synonyms:
   protrusion, ejection, jut, forcing out, sound projection, jutting, project, expulsion, acoustic projection

5. projectionnoun

   any solid convex shape that juts out from something

   Synonyms:
   protrusion, ejection, jut, forcing out, sound projection, jutting, project, expulsion, acoustic projection

6. projectionnoun

   (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else

   Synonyms:
   protrusion, ejection, jut, forcing out, sound projection, jutting, project, expulsion, acoustic projection

7. projection, acoustic projection, sound projectionnoun

   the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality

   "our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection"; "a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice"

   Synonyms:
   protrusion, ejection, jut, forcing out, sound projection, jutting, project, expulsion, acoustic projection

8. projectionnoun

   the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction

   Synonyms:
   protrusion, ejection, jut, forcing out, sound projection, jutting, project, expulsion, acoustic projection

9. protrusion, projection, jut, juttingnoun

   the act of projecting out from something

   Synonyms:
   expulsion, protrusion, prominence, gibbousness, jut, ejection, jutting, extrusion, bump, bulge, protuberance, gibbosity, project, acoustic projection, hump, forcing out, sound projection, swelling, excrescence

10. expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing outnoun

    the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

    Synonyms:
    jutting, ejection, extrusion, riddance, jut, forcing out, protrusion, sound projection, project, exclusion, expulsion, acoustic projection

Matched Categories

1. • Convex Shape
   • Defense Mechanism
   • Plan
   • Prediction
   • Propulsion
   • Psychiatry
   • Representation
   • Structure
   • Visual Communication

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. projectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   propulsion, throwing

2. projectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   planning, designing, contriving

3. projectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   prominence, protuberance, bulge, process

4. projectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   plan, delineation, map

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1. List of paraphrases for "projection":

   projections, screening, forecast, projected, protrusion, projector, forecasting, projecting, prediction, doo, forecasts, outgoing, outbound, exhibition

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1. Randy Forbes:

   From unmanned carrier aviation, to critical Air Force strike and airlift programs, to investment in Marine Corps amphibious programs, to the next-generation undersea nuclear deterrent, this year’s mark will help sustain America’s power projection capabilities in the years ahead.

2. Henry Shilling:

   Total green bond issuance now looks likely to exceed our initial projection of $50 billion in 2016 and could potentially reach $70 billion ... assuming volume is sustained throughout the rest of 2016.

3. French President Francois Hollande:

   In September 2014, I suspended the delivery of the first Mistral battleship to Russia, due to the conflictual situation, a year later, France clearly could not deliver a force-projection instrument to Russia in the current context. The issue was addressed with a strong sense of responsibility from both sides and with mutual respect. I discussed this with President Putin on several occasions.

4. Paul Klee:

   In the final analysis, a drawing simply is no longer a drawing, no matter how self-sufficient its execution may be. It is a symbol, and the more profoundly the imaginary lines of projection meet higher dimensions, the better.

5. Jay Bhattacharya:

   All of the projection models have this as an input : how many people have been infected today, it just helps us plan better.