Edge

/ɛd͡ʒ/

Synonyms for "edge" (469 found)

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Closest matches (94)

Noun(26 words)

border boundary advantage advantages adze banks beat beira bladeblade edgeblades borderlands borders bound boundaries bounds bourne brims brinks brows

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catbirdcircle the key termscircumference circumferences coaming coigne

aace in the holeacerbity acidity acidulousness acme acridity acrimony acuity aculeate acuminate acumination acuteness adjoin advantageair lineairline allowance alpha angle

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anxious apex apogee apprehensive asperity astringency axis band bank barb beeline befringe beginning bind bite bitingness bitternessblast offblast-off board border bordure bound boundary bourn brilliant brim brink brow bulge cap causticity chord circuit climax climbcloud ninecoastcoign of vantage

Verb(8 words)

abut adjoin border bordered burred buttbutt againstbutt on

Adjective(1 words)

advantaged

Strong matches (141)

commencement crabbed crawl creation creek creep crest crown culmen culmination cuspidate cutcutting edgecuttingness dawn deadwood define diagonal diameterdirect line

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directrix draw dropedge tooledgy effectiveness end enframe establishmentextreme limitextremity featheredge fidgety fierceness file flange flankflying startforce foundation framefresh startfringego crabwisego sidewaysgreat-circle coursegrind grip handicap harshnesshead startheaven heavens height hemhigh noonhighest pitchhighest pointhoneill at easeinch incisivenessinside trackinstitution irascible irritable jump jump-off keenness kick-off knife-edge labellum labium labrum lap lateral lateralize leadleading edgeledge limb limbus limit line lip listmake leewaymarch

Verb(4 words)

confine fimbriate inch march

Noun(48 words)

contour contours crawl creepcrop bordercuffs curb curbing curbscutting edgedeckle defeat delineatingdesert fringedoorstepedge tabedgings escarpment extreme extremities

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flanking flanks flirt foredge forefront framesfringe areafringes fringing frontier frontiersgarden feature bordergunnel gunwale hairsbreadth hemline hems hone horizon inch inching incumbencyknife edgeleadleading edgeledges levering lips

Adjective(1 words)

interfacial

Related words (234)

marge margin marginate maximum meridian mordacity mordancy mountaintop move mucronationne plus ultranervousnew departureno place highernoon normal odds oilstoneon edgeon tenterhooks

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oncoming onset opening origin origination outbreak outline outset outskirts peak peevish penetration perimeter periphery perpendicular pinnacle piquancy pitch poignancy point pointedness pole prickliness prickly pungency purchase purfle purl radiusradius vectorragged edgerazor-edge reset restive restless ridgeright linerigor rim roughnessrunning startsecant segment sell selvagesend offsend-off sensitive setset offsetting in motionsetting-upseventh heavenseverity sharp sharpen sharpness shift shore shortcut shoulder shrillness side sideline sideslip sidestep sidle skew skid skirt skysomething extrasomething in reservesourness spiculate spinosity spire spursquare onestart start-offstarting pointsteal sting straightstraight coursestraight linestraight stretchstraightaway strap streamline stridency stringency strop summit superiority surround take-off takeoff tang tangent taper tartness teeth tense thinness thorniness threshold tiptip toptip-top top touchy transversal trenchancy trim upmost upperupper extremityupper handuppermost uptight urgency utmost vantagevantage groundvantage pointvector veer vehemence verge vertexvery topviolence virulence weapon whetwhip handworm zenith zest

Noun(59 words)

margin margins margo necklaces ora outbalancing outdistanceoutline shapeoutline the stepsoutmanoeuvre outmanoeuvring outpace outplay outskirt outvote perimeters peripheries pinks pip ploughshares

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plowshare precipicesrange valuerim rimming rimsriver bankroadsides seaboards seams selvages selvedgesharp dropsharpen sharpness sidelines sidling skirtingsolid particle surfacestarts stepheadstrategic advantagesurface boundarysurface-boundary surpasssurvival advantageterminuses thresholds trump trumpsupper handupturns vanguard vantages verge verges waysides winning yoko

Verb(12 words)

nosed piped pipped profited rimed rimmed sharped sharpened sidled sidles subtend whetted

Preposition(1 words)

outside the city

Adjective(1 words)

thin margin

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

39 entries

adjoin advance benefit blade bound boundary bounds compete contact demarcationdemarcation linefavorable positionfavourable positionfrontier furnishgo on

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More specific

16 entries

competitive edgecreepfrontier technologyhone inchknife edgeleading technologylip outpace outperformpioneering technologyrimsaw edgestropupper handverge

Collocations

9 entries

at the edgecutting edgeedge caseedge of the pageknife edgeleading edgeon the edgeouter edgesharp edge

Inflections

3 entries

edged edges edging

Derivations

6 entries

edger edgewise edgily edginess edging edgy

Translations

6 translations across 4 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

отмествам verb (to move something gradually)

Finnish

1 entries

hivuttaa verb (to move something gradually)

German

2 entries

schieben verb (to move something gradually)
verschieben verb (to move something gradually)

Māori

2 entries

nekeneke verb (to move something gradually)
whakanekeneke verb (to move something gradually)

Sample sentences

48 total sentences available.

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I've been on edge recently.

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I hit my funny bone on the edge of the table.

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We have the edge on them.

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My pencil fell off the edge of my desk.

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