Synonyms for verge
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1. brink, threshold, verge(noun)

   a region marking a boundary

   Synonyms:
   doorsill, brink, doorstep, scepter, doorway, wand, limen, sceptre, threshold, room access, door

2. verge, brink(noun)

   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, wand(noun)

   a ceremonial or emblematic staff

   Synonyms:
   brink, threshold, sceptre, scepter, baton, wand

4. verge(verb)

   a grass border along a road

   Synonyms:
   wand, threshold, sceptre, scepter, brink

5. verge(verb)

   border on; come close to

   "His behavior verges on the criminal"

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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.

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

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. verge(n)

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

   Antonyms:
   heart, depth, center, midst

2. verge(v)

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

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. verge(n.)

   Synonyms:
   rod, staff, mace

2. verge(n.)

   Synonyms:
   edge, brink, border, margin, rim, brim, confine, limit, skirt, point

3. verge(n.)

   Synonyms:
   arbor (of a watch-balance), spindle

4. verge(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   tend, incline, slope, lean

5. verge(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   border, approach, be near

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "verge":

   brink, edge, houghton, rand, point, woolly-heads, threshold, eve, item, riddell, dawn, yard

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How to use verge in a sentence?

1. John KASICH:

   My great concern is that we are on the verge of perhaps picking someone who cannot do this job. I've watched to see people say that we should dismantle Medicare and Medicaid and leave our senior citizens out, out in the cold. I've heard them talk about deporting 10 or 11 (million) people here from this country out of this country, splitting families. I've heard about tax schemes that don't add up that put our kids in a deeper hole than they are today.

2. Marc Rayman:

   We are tremendously excited, we have guided this robotic probe for well over seven years on an interplanetary journey of more than 3 billion miles. Along the way we sailed past Mars. We spent 14 months orbiting and scrutinizing the giant protoplanet Vesta. ... Now, finally, we are on the verge of conducting the first exploration ever of the first dwarf planet.

3. Kurt Busch:

   We were going to be right on the verge, you have to go hard first and worry about fuel afterwards. After I got Blaney, I was able to save a little bit and take care of my tires for the rest of the lapped traffic I had to get through.

4. John Betjeman:

   A verge in front of your house and grass and a tree for the dog, variety created in the façades of each of the houses -- in the coloring of the trees.

5. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   I have committed to supporting the nominee chosen by Republican voters, and Never Trump, Never Trump, is now on the verge of clinching that nomination, as Never Trump, Never Trump now has the opportunity and the obligation to unite our party around our goals.

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