Bordering

Synonyms for "bordering" (81 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Verb(7 words)

abut abutted abutting adjacent adjoin adjoined approach

adjacent adjoining beading binding borderline bordure boundary bounding coastal connecting

Strong matches (24)

conterminous contiguous coterminous determinant determinative determining edgingend to endendways endwise extremeface to facefimbria fimbriation flounce frill frilling fringe fringing frontier

Verb(1 words)

contiguous

Adjective(1 words)

contiguous zone

Adverb(1 words)

edgewise

Noun(1 words)

flanking

Related words (40)

furbelow galloon hem immediate joined juxtaposed juxtapositional juxtapositive limbic liminal limit limiting list littoral marginal motif neighbor neighboring next rimming

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ruffle selvage skirting surrounding terminal threshold touching trimming valance welt

Noun(2 words)

hedging adverbstangential force

Verb(6 words)

near neighbor neighboring skirted verge verging

Adjective(2 words)

neighboring townspartial plane contact

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries

approaching approximate connect near tend touch

More specific

6 entries

borderingextreme borderingland edge lean shade skirt

Collocations

10 entries

bordering areabordering landbordering regionbordering statebordering territorybordering zoneregion state territory zone

Inflections

2 entries

bordered borders

Derivations

3 entries

border bordered borderline

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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The beach, bordering the Gulf of Mexico, teemed with tarballs.

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We're bordering on failure.

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The pianist's performance of a Haydn sonata threw the woman into a rapture bordering on frenzy.

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Algeria has been a country bordering Kabylia for a long time.

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