frontier

Main Entry:
frontier [fruhn-teer, fron-; also, esp. British, fruhn-teer]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: boundary
Synonyms: borderland, borderline, bound, confines, edge, limit, march, perimeter, verge
Main Entry: backwoods
Part of Speech: noun, adjective
Definition: forests; land distant from settled area
Synonyms: backcountry, boondocks, frontier, hinterland, interior, isolation, outback, rural area, sticks, terra incognita, timberland, woodland
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: 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: colonial
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pioneering, relating to a nonindependent or new territory
Synonyms: crude, dependent, dominion, early American, emigrant, frontier, immigrant, new, outland, pilgrim, pioneer, prerevolutionary, primitive, provincial, puritan, territorial, transplanted, uncultured, unsettled, unsophisticated, wild
Antonyms: modern, new
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: 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, 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: hinterland
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: backcountry
Synonyms: boondocks, boonies, borderland, brush, bush country, frontier, outback, sticks, wasteland, wilderness, woods
Main Entry: limit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: physical boundary
Synonyms: border, borderland, compass, confines, edge, end, extent, extreme, extremity, frontier, perimeter, periphery, precinct, purlieu
Notes: delimit means to draw the boundaries or limits of something; limit (noun) means the greatest possible degree of something or the point beyond which something cannot or may not proceed - limit (verb) means to restrict or confine
limit marks an end to something; limitation is the extent of one's capacity or a constraint that stops something
Antonyms: limitlessness
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