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| Main Entry: | boundary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outer limit |
| Synonyms: | ambit, barrier, beginning, border, borderline, brink, circumference, compass, confines, edge, end, environs, extent, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, horizon, line, march, margin, mark, mere, mete, outline, outpost, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct, radius, rim, side, skirt, terminal, termination, verge, abuttals, borderland, bounds, circumscription, limits, line of demarcation, purlieus, terminus |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| Main Entry: | barrier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, blockade, bound, boundary, confines, curtain, ditch, enclosure, fence, fortification, gully, hurdle, impediment, limit, moat, obstacle, pale, palisade, railing, rampart, roadblock, stop, trench, wall, blank wall |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outermost edge, margin |
| Synonyms: | bound, boundary, brim, brink, circumference, confine, end, extremity, fringe, hem, limit, line, lip, perimeter, periphery, rim, skirt, trim, trimming, verge, bounds, outskirt, selvage |
| Notes: | a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | bound/bounds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | farthest limit |
| Synonyms: | boundary, compass, confine, edge, end, environs, extremity, fringe, limit, limitation, line, march, margin, pale, periphery, precinct, rim, term, termination, verge, purlieus |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| Main Entry: | brink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge of an object or area |
| Synonyms: | border, boundary, brim, fringe, frontier, limit, lip, margin, perimeter, periphery, point, rim, skirt, threshold, verge |
| Antonyms: | center, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | circumference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge, perimeter |
| Synonyms: | ambit, border, boundary, circuit, compass, confines, extremity, fringe, girth, lip, margin, outline, periphery, rim, verge, bounds, limits |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | division |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something produced from separating |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, associate, border, boundary, branch, category, chunk, class, compartment, cut, degree, demarcation, department, divide, dividend, end, fraction, fragment, head, kind, lobe, lump, member, moiety, offshoot, parcel, partition, piece, portion, ramification, section, sector, segment, share, slice, sort, split, subdivision, wedge, divider, dividing line, divvy, grouping, piece of action, rake-off |
| Antonyms: | system, whole |
| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, outline |
| Synonyms: | bend, bound, boundary, brim, brink, butt, circumference, contour, corner, crook, crust, curb, end, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, hook, ledge, limb, limit, line, lip, margin, molding, mouth, peak, perimeter, periphery, point, portal, rim, ring, shore, side, skirt, split, strand, term, threshold, tip, trimming, turn, verge, berm, outskirt |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle, surface |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme, limit |
| Synonyms: | borderline, bound, boundary, confine, cusp, deadline, edge, extent, extremity, foot, head, heel, limitation, point, prong, spire, stub, stump, tail, term, terminal, termination, tip, top, ultimate, butt end, neb, nib, tail end, terminus |
| Antonyms: | beginning, cause, foundation, origin |
| Main Entry: | environs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | neighborhood |
| Synonyms: | bound, boundary, compass, confine, district, outskirts, precinct, suburb, surroundings, territory, turf, vicinity, fringes, limits, locality, purlieus |
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ultimate; limit |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, bitter end, boundary, ceiling, climax, consummation, crest, crown, culmination, depth, edge, end, excess, extremity, height, maximum, nadir, peak, pinnacle, pole, termination, top, utmost, uttermost, zenith, inordinancy, nth degree |
| Main Entry: | extremity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ultimate; limit |
| Synonyms: | acme, acuteness, adversity, apex, apogee, border, bound, boundary, brim, brink, butt, climax, consummation, crisis, depth, dire straits, disaster, edge, end, excess, extreme, frontier, height, last, margin, maximum, nadir, outside, pinnacle, plight, pole, remote, rim, setback, terminal, termination, tip, top, trouble, verge, vertex, zenith, extremes, terminus |
| Main Entry: | horizon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skyline, extent |
| Synonyms: | border, boundary, compass, field of vision, ken, limit, perspective, prospect, range, reach, realm, scope, sphere, stretch, vista, purview |
| Main Entry: | line |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mark, stroke; border |
| Synonyms: | band, bar, borderline, boundary, channel, configuration, contour, crease, dash, delineation, demarcation, edge, figuration, figure, frontier, furrow, groove, limit, outline, profile, rule, score, scratch, silhouette, streak, stripe, underline, wrinkle, lineament, lineation, tracing |
| Main Entry: | margin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border; room around something |
| Synonyms: | allowance, bound, boundary, brim, brink, compass, confine, edge, extra, field, frame, hem, latitude, leeway, limit, lip, perimeter, periphery, play, rim, scope, shore, side, skirt, space, surplus, trimming, verge, elbowroom*, selvage |
| Antonyms: | center, core, interior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | orbit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influence, domain |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, arena, boundary, career, circle, circumference, compass, course, department, dominion, extension, extent, field, jurisdiction, limit, pilgrimage, precinct, province, radius, range, reach, realm, scope, sphere, sweep, bounds, purview |
| Main Entry: | outskirts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge of a geographic area |
| Synonyms: | bedroom community, border, boundary, edge, environs, limit, outpost, periphery, purlieu, suburb, vicinity, purlieus, sticks, suburbia |
| Antonyms: | center, downtown |
| Main Entry: | perimeter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumference, border |
| Synonyms: | ambit, borderline, boundary, brim, brink, circuit, compass, confines, edge, fringe, hem, limit, margin, outline, periphery, skirt, verge, bounds |
| Antonyms: | center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | periphery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outskirts, outer edge |
| Synonyms: | ambit, border, boundary, brim, brink, circuit, circumference, compass, covering, edge, fringe, hem, margin, outside, perimeter, rim, skirt, verge |
| Antonyms: | center |
| Main Entry: | radius |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range, sweep |
| Synonyms: | ambit, boundary, compass, expanse, extension, extent, interval, limit, orbit, reach, space, span, purview, semidiameter, spoke |
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