Antonyms for boundary
ˈbaʊn də ri, -dribound·a·ry

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1. boundary

   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.

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

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Extent
   • Line

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boundary, bound, boundsnoun

   the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

   Synonyms:
   bound, saltation, edge, bounce, spring, bounds, limit, leaping, leap

2. boundary, edge, boundnoun

   a line determining the limits of an area

   Synonyms:
   bound, saltation, edge, bounce, spring, bounds, limit, leaping, border, leap, sharpness

3. limit, bound, boundarynoun

   the greatest possible degree of something

   "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"

   Synonyms:
   terminus ad quem, terminal point, edge, point of accumulation, demarcation, bound, spring, leap, limit point, demarcation line, saltation, bounce, bounds, leaping, limit, limitation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boundarynoun

   Synonyms:
   circumference, periphery, bound, limit, border, term, confines, precinct, bourn, march, marge

How to use boundary in a sentence?

1. Peter Praet:

   As other central banks have demonstrated, we have not reached the physical lower boundary( for interest rates).

2. Brian Hurley:

   Along that boundary we keep getting storms to fire up, the heaviest rainfall is going to be along that front on either side of it.

3. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Every beat of your heart sends the message of love over the boundary of infinite time.

4. Melodie Kao:

   This object is right at the boundary between a planet and a brown dwarf, or' failed star,' and is giving us some surprises that can potentially help us understand magnetic processes on both stars and planets.

5. Mindy Kaling:

   It's really essential to my life that there be something not everybody knows about, that's a boundary, but it's a very small boundary. Everything else I really don't have any issue sharing.

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