Synonyms for verge
vɜrdʒverge

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1. verge

   The boundary was originally the landmark, that which marked off one piece of territory from another. The bound is the limit, marked or unmarked. Now, however, the difference between the two words has come to be simply one of usage. As regards territory, we speak of the boundaries of a nation or of an estate; the bounds of a college, a ball-ground, etc. Bounds may be used for all within the limits, boundary for the limiting line only. Boundary looks to that which is without; bound only to that which is within. Hence we speak of the bounds, not the boundaries, of a subject, of the universe, etc.; we say the students were forbidden to go beyond the bounds. A barrier is something that bars ingress or egress. A barrier may be a boundary, as was the Great Wall of China. Bourn, or bourne, is a poetical expression for bound or boundary. A border is a strip of land along the boundary. Edge is a sharp terminal line, as where river or ocean meets the land. Limit is now used almost wholly in the figurative sense; as, the limit of discussion, of time, of jurisdiction. Line is a military term; as, within the lines, or through the lines, of an army. Compare BARRIER; END.

   Synonyms:
   barrier, border, bound, boundary, bourn, bourne, confines, edge, enclosure, frontier, landmark, limit, line, marches, marge, margin, term, termination

   Antonyms:
   center, citadel, estate, inside, interior, land, region, territory

   Preposition:
   The boundaries of an estate; the boundary between neighboring territories.

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1. vergenoun

   Synonyms:
   border, brim, edge, rim, limit, margin, brink, eve

   Antonyms:
   heart, depth, center, midst

2. vergeverb

   Synonyms:
   tend, bend, slope, incline, approach, approximate, trend, bear

   Antonyms:
   decline, deviate, revert, depart, recede, return, back, retrocede

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1. brink, threshold, vergenoun

   a region marking a boundary

   Synonyms:
   doorsill, brink, doorstep, scepter, doorway, wand, limen, sceptre, threshold, room access, door

2. verge, brinknoun

   the limit beyond which something happens or changes

   "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy"

   Synonyms:
   wand, threshold, sceptre, scepter, brink

3. scepter, sceptre, verge, wandnoun

   a ceremonial or emblematic staff

   Synonyms:
   brink, threshold, sceptre, scepter, baton, wand

4. vergeverb

   a grass border along a road

   Synonyms:
   wand, threshold, sceptre, scepter, brink

5. vergeverb

   border on; come close to

   "His behavior verges on the criminal"

Matched Categories

1. • Border
   • Staff

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vergenoun

   Synonyms:
   rod, staff, mace

2. vergenoun

   Synonyms:
   edge, brink, border, margin, rim, brim, confine, limit, skirt, point

3. vergenoun

   Synonyms:
   arbor (of a watch-balance), spindle

4. vergeverb

   Synonyms:
   tend, incline, slope, lean

5. vergeverb

   Synonyms:
   border, approach, be near

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "verge":

   brink, edge, houghton, rand, point, woolly-heads, threshold, eve, item, riddell, dawn, yard

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1. Germaine Greer:

   All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women.

2. Peter Hotez:

   The big metro areas seem to be rising very quickly and some of the models are on the verge of being apocalyptic, i can't stress enough how concerned I am.

3. John McCain:

   I am not against political appointees ... but here we are, a nation that's on the verge of seceded its sovereignty to a neo-fascist dictator getting in bed with Vladimir Putin and we're gonna send the producer of 'The Bold and the Beautiful' as our ambassador.

4. Garett Bolles:

   We’re right on the verge of turning this around, we know what we need to do.

5. Alex Gibney:

   There seems to be a need to deify that stuff in a way that brooks all criticism, and that does verge sometimes on the religious.