Antonyms for verge
vɜrdʒverge

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

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.

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

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. vergenoun

   Antonyms:
   heart, depth, center, midst

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

2. vergeverb

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

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

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1. • Border
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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. aftermath

   at a point before something is to begin or occur

   scientists are on the verge of a breakthrough discovery.

   Submitted by rinat on October 3, 2019  

How to use verge in a sentence?

1. Bobby Najari:

   This promise of a sort of effective oral male contraceptive has been always on the verge of becoming a reality, but I feel like I've been hearing that for a long time now, i think it's going to take at least 10 years, if not longer.

2. Andrew Yang:

   Right now we're on the verge of a difficult time, so, Americans can't trust what we see.

3. Adam White:

   Conservatives thought they really were on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade, and suddenly find themselves losing the case in a decision where the key justices are all Republican appointees.

4. 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.

5. Bernardino Leon:

   Libya is on the verge of economic and financial collapse. It is facing huge security threats because of the civil war but also...because of the Daesh threat, libya's economic collapse is a real possibility. Recently, I met with the governor of the central bank. The situation is very difficult in terms of Libyan finances.

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