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extremity
| Main Entry: | |
| 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, extremes, frontier, height, last, margin, maximum, nadir, outside, pinnacle, plight, pole, remote, rim, setback, terminal, termination, terminus, tip, top, trouble, verge, vertex, zenith |
| Main Entry: | appendage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limb; accessory |
| Synonyms: | addendum, addition, adjunct, ancillary, annex, appendix, appurtenance, attachment, auxiliary, extremity, member, projection, protuberance, supplement |
| Antonyms: | body, trunk |
| Main Entry: | back |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end part |
| Synonyms: | aft, back end, backside, extremity, far end, hindpart, hindquarters, posterior, rear, reverse, stern, tail, tail end, tailpiece |
| Antonyms: | front |
| 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: | boundary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outer limit |
| Synonyms: | abuttals, ambit, barrier, beginning, border, borderland, borderline, bounds, brink, circumference, circumscription, compass, confines, edge, end, environs, extent, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, horizon, limits, line, line of demarcation, march, margin, mark, mere, mete, outline, outpost, pale, perimeter, periphery, precinct, purlieus, radius, rim, side, skirt, terminal, termination, terminus, verge |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| 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, purlieus, rim, term, termination, verge |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, minimum |
| Main Entry: | butt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end, shaft |
| Synonyms: | base, bottom, edge, extremity, fag end, foot, fundament, haft, handle, hilt, shank, stock, stub, stump, tail, tip |
| Main Entry: | circumference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge, perimeter |
| Synonyms: | ambit, border, boundary, bounds, circuit, compass, confines, extremity, fringe, girth, limits, lip, margin, outline, periphery, rim, verge |
| Antonyms: | inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | climax |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peak, culmination |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, ascendancy, capsheaf, capstone, climacteric, crest, crowning point, extremity, head, height, high spot, highlight, intensification, limit, maximum, meridian, ne plus ultra, orgasm, payoff, pinnacle, pitch, summit, tiptop, top, turning point, utmost, zenith |
| Antonyms: | anticlimax, cliffhanger |
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