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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | border; be on the edge |
| Synonyms: | bound, define, edge, flank, fringe, hem, lie along, lie alongside, margin, rim, surround, verge |
| Antonyms: | center |
| Main Entry: | coastal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bordering the water |
| Synonyms: | along a coast, littoral, marginal, marshy, riverine, seaside, skirting |
| Main Entry: | hem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border, edge |
| Synonyms: | brim, brink, define, edging, fringe, margin, perimeter, periphery, piping, rim, selvage, skirt, skirting, trimming, verge |
| Antonyms: | body, center, interior |
| Main Entry: | lateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sideways |
| Synonyms: | crabwise, edgeways, flanking, oblique, side, side-by-side, sidelong, sideward, sidewise, skirting |
| Antonyms: | centered, central |
| Main Entry: | side |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | minor; flanking |
| Synonyms: | ancillary, incidental, indirect, lateral, lesser, marginal, not the main, oblique, off-center, postern, roundabout, secondary, sidelong, sideward, sideways, sidewise, skirting, subordinate, subsidiary, superficial |
| Antonyms: | important, major, serious |
| 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: | bordering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | next to |
| Synonyms: | abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bounding, edging, near, neighboring, next door, on the edge of, skirting, touching |
| Antonyms: | apart, far, faraway, separate |
| Main Entry: | avoid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refrain or stay away from; prevent |
| Synonyms: | abstain, avert, bypass, circumlocute, circumvent, deflect, desist, ditch, divert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fake out, fend off, flee, give the slip, hide, hold off, jump, keep clear, lay low, obviate, recoil, run for cover, shake, shake and bake, shake off, shirk, shrink from, shuffle off, shun, shy, sidestep, skip out on, skip town, skip*, skirt, stay away, stay out, steer clear of, step aside, turn aside, ward off, weave, withdraw |
| Notes: | avert means 'prevent, turn away' and avoid means 'stay clear of, shun' |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, seek, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, mark off, neighbor, outline, rim, set off, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge |
| Notes: | a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary |
| Antonyms: | be inside, center |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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