Synonyms for fringe
frɪndʒfringe

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1. fringenoun

   Synonyms:
   bangs, forelock

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1. periphery, fringe, outer boundarynoun

   the outside boundary or surface of something

   Synonyms:
   outer boundary, periphery, interference fringe, outskirt, bang

2. outskirt, fringenoun

   a part of the city far removed from the center

   "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"

   Synonyms:
   outer boundary, periphery, interference fringe, outskirt, bang

3. fringe, interference fringenoun

   one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light

   Synonyms:
   outer boundary, periphery, interference fringe, outskirt, bang

4. fringenoun

   a social group holding marginal or extreme views

   "members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times"

   Synonyms:
   outer boundary, periphery, interference fringe, outskirt, bang

5. bang, fringenoun

   a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead

   Synonyms:
   bang, outskirt, bam, rush, clap, periphery, strike, smasher, blast, thrill, kick, interference fringe, knock, charge, outer boundary, belt, hit, eruption, bash, flush, boot, smash

6. fringeverb

   an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels

   Synonyms:
   outer boundary, periphery, interference fringe, outskirt, bang

7. fringeverb

   adorn with a fringe

   "The weaver fringed the scarf"

8. fringeverb

   decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe

   "fur fringed the hem of the dress"

Matched Categories

1. • Adorn
   • Border
   • City District
   • Hairdo
   • Handicraft
   • Optical Phenomenon
   • Social Group

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. fringenoun

   Synonyms:
   edging, margin, confine, border, fimbriation

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "fringe":

   incidental, spin-off, bangs, margin, ancillary, social, collateral, brink, edge, periphery

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1. Charlton Heston:

   Mainstream America is depending on you - counting on you - to draw your sword and fight for them. These people have precious little time or resources to battle misguided Cinderella attitudes, the fringe propaganda of the homosexual coalition, the feminists who preach that it's a divine duty for women to hate men, blacks who raise a militant fist with one hand, while they seek preference with the other.

2. Steve Bannon:

   Ethno-nationalism -- it's losers. It's a fringe element. I think the media plays it up too much, and we gotta help crush it, you know, uh, help crush it more. These guys are a collection of clowns.

3. David Doniger:

   If he has any grasp of scientific and legal reality, he would realize that it's a fool's errand to reverse the endangerment determination, this could be a way for him to keep the right-wing fringe groups occupied and also accomplish the goal of further confusing the public debate.

4. Scott Free:

   He was kind of fringe, he had no job and lived on the margins. He was eccentric. A vacation seemed very implausible.

5. White House:

   The president’s veto of the Keystone jobs bill is a national embarrassment, the president is just too close to environmental extremists to stand up for America’s workers. He’s too invested in left-fringe politics to do what presidents are called on to do, and that’s put the national interest first.