Synonyms and Antonyms of boundary

synonym (synonym of boundary)

  • (verb)
    barrier, confines, limit, margin, border, edge, line, term, bound, enclosure, marches, termination, bourn, frontier, marge, verge, bourne, landmark
    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, more.. (verb)
     
  • (noun.location)
    bound, bounds
    the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.shape)
    bound, edge
    a line determining the limits of an area (noun.shape)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    bound, limit
    the greatest possible degree of something (noun.attribute)
     

antonym (antonym of boundary)

hypernym (boundary IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a line determining the limits of an area (noun.shape)
    line
    a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point (noun.shape)
     
  • the greatest possible degree of something (noun.attribute)
    extent
    the distance or area or volume over which something extends (noun.attribute)
     
  • the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something (noun.location)
    extremity
    the outermost or farthest region or point (noun.location)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF boundary relation)

  • a line determining the limits of an area (noun.shape)
    rim
    the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object (noun.shape)
     
  • (noun.shape)
    border, margin, perimeter
    the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary (noun.shape)
     
  • (noun.shape)
    fringe, outer boundary, periphery
    the outside boundary or surface of something (noun.shape)
     
  • (noun.shape)
    brink, threshold, verge
    a region marking a boundary (noun.shape)
     
  • (noun.shape)
    upper bound
    (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set (noun.shape)
     
  • (noun.shape)
    lower bound
    (mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set (noun.shape)
     
  • (noun.shape)
    thalweg
    the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states (noun.shape)
     
  • the greatest possible degree of something (noun.attribute)
    knife-edge
    a narrow boundary (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    absoluteness, starkness, utterness
    the quality of being complete or utter or extreme (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    heat barrier, thermal barrier
    a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    level best, maximum, utmost, uttermost
    the greatest possible degree (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    brink, verge
    the limit beyond which something happens or changes (noun.attribute)
     
  • the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something (noun.location)
    hairline
    the natural margin formed by hair on the head (noun.body)
     
  • (noun.location)
    frontier
    an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    heliopause
    the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstella more.. (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    border, borderline, boundary line, delimitation, mete
    a line that indicates a boundary (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    bourn, bourne
    an archaic term for a boundary (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    district line
    the boundary between two districts (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    county line
    the boundary between two counties (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    city line
    the boundary of a city (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    border, edge
    the boundary of a surface (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    end
    a boundary marking the extremities of something (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    demarcation, demarcation line, limit
    the boundary of a specific area (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    lineation, outline
    the line that appears to bound an object (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.location)
    surface
    the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.object)
    shoreline
    a boundary line between land and water (noun.object)
     

instance hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF boundary relation (represent specific [usually real-world] instances of something))

  • (noun.location)
    rubicon
    the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war (noun.location)
     
  • (noun.object)
    moho, mohorovicic discontinuity
    the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle (noun.object)
     

derivation (.... is derived from boundary)

synonym antonym hypernym hyponym instance hyponym derivation barrier confines limit bound bounds edge center citadel estate inside interior land extent extremity line knife-edge absoluteness heat barrier thermal barrier level best maximum rubicon moho mohorovicic discontinuity bound confine circumscribe limit define determine
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