| Main Entry: | outskirts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge of a geographic area |
Synonyms: |
bedroom community, border, boundary, edge, environs, limit, outpost, periphery, purlieu, purlieus, sticks, suburb, suburbia, vicinity |
Antonyms: |
center, downtown |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outermost edge, margin |
Synonyms: |
bound, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, circumference, confine, end, extremity, fringe, hem, limit, line, lip, outskirt, perimeter, periphery, rim, selvage, skirt, trim, trimming, verge |
| 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: | distance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interval, range |
Synonyms: |
absence, ambit, amplitude, area, bit, breadth, compass, country mile, expanse, extension, extent, far piece, farness, gap, good ways, heavens, hinterland, horizon, lapse, length, objective, orbit, outpost, outskirts, provinces, purlieu, purview, radius, reach, remoteness, remove, scope, separation, size, sky, space, span, spread, stretch, sweep, way, width |
| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, outline |
Synonyms: |
bend, berm, 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, outskirt, peak, perimeter, periphery, point, portal, rim, ring, shore, side, skirt, split, strand, term, threshold, tip, trimming, turn, verge |
Antonyms: |
center, inside, interior, middle, surface |
| Main Entry: | environs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | neighborhood |
Synonyms: |
bound, boundary, compass, confine, district, fringes, limits, locality, outskirts, precinct, purlieus, suburb, surroundings, territory, turf, vicinity |
| Main Entry: | fringe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, trimming |
Synonyms: |
binding, borderline, brim, brink, edge, edging, flounce, hem, limit, mane, march, margin, outside, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, rickrack, ruffle, skirt, tassel, verge |
Antonyms: |
center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | frontier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unexplored, unoccupied area of land |
Synonyms: |
backcountry, backwater, backwoods, boondocks, boonies, bush, hinterland, outback, outskirts, sticks, unknown* |
Antonyms: |
metropolis |
| Main Entry: | skirt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, edge |
Synonyms: |
brim, brink, fringe, hem, margin, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, purlieus, rim, skirting, verge |
Antonyms: |
center, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | suburb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | neighborhood outside of but reliant on nearby large city |
Synonyms: |
bedroom community, burb, country, countryside, environs, fringe, hamlet, hinterland, outlying area, outpost, outskirts, precinct, purlieu, residential area, slub, suburbia, village |
Antonyms: |
center, metropolis |
| Main Entry: | purlieu |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border |
Synonyms: |
boundary, edge, fringe, outskirts, periphery |