Many families left to make a new life on the frontier.
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Frontier
/ˈfɹʌntɪə/
Synonyms for "frontier" (242 found)
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Closest matches (49)
Noun(11 words)
anteriorityantipodesbackback countryback of beyondbackcountrybackwashbackwaterbackwoodsbamboo curtainbarrierberlin wallbold frontboondockboondocksborderborder groundborder lineborderingborderland
Adjective(1 words)
border town
Strong matches (72)
chinacircumscriptioncoastalcompassconfinecutoffcutoff pointdark horsedarkest africadeadlinedelimitationdeterminantdeterminativedeterminingdisplaydivisiondivision lineendenigmaextreme
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extremesextremityfacadefacefacetfaciafalse frontfinishfloorforeforefrontforegroundforehandforelandforepartforequarterforesideforestforestsforewordfringingfrontfront elevationfront linefront manfront matterfront pagefront viewfrontagefrontalfrontier postfrontiers of knowledgefrontispiecegod knows wheregodforsaken placegreenlandhackheadheadinghedgehigh water markhigh-water markhinterland
Noun(8 words)
Adjective(1 words)
geographic boundary
Related words (121)
Noun(12 words)
innovativeland boundaryleading edgeoutskirtsperipheralpioneeringregional boundarystate borderstate of the artterritorialswildernesswyoming
interfaceiron curtainjumping off placejumping-off placelaplimbiclimenliminallimitlimitationlimitinglimiting factorlimitslineline of demarcationlittorallow-water marklower limitmarchmarches
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marchlandmarginmarginalmarkmatter of ignorancemetemysterynnorth polenowhereobverseoutbackouter mongoliaouter spaceoutlandishoutpostoutskirtspago pagopalepillars of herculespoleprefaceprefixpriorityprosceniumpuzzleremoteriddlerimmingsealed booksiberiaskirtingsouth polestartstarting linestarting pointstickstarget datetermterminalterminal dateterminusterra incognitathe boondocksthe bushthe great dividethe incalculablethe moonthe south seasthe sticksthe strangethe tulliesthe unfamiliarthe unknowablethe unknownthree-mile limitthresholdthuletierra del fuegotimberstimbuktutime allotmenttwelve-mile limitultima thuleunexplored groundunexplored territoryuninhabited regionunknownunknown quantityunsettledup countryup-countryupper limitvirgin landvirgin territorywastelandwildwild westwildernesswildswindow dressingwoodlandswoodsxyukonz
Adjective(3 words)
invisible boundaryterrestrial boundaryuntamed land
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14 entriesborder regionborder zonecolonial frontierfrontier areafrontier medicinefrontier provincefrontier sciencefrontier technologyfrontier zonegenetics frontiernational borderneuroscience frontierquantum physics frontierriver boundary
Collocations
11 entriesfrontier explorationfrontier marketfrontier medicinefrontier policyfrontier regionfrontier regionsfrontier researchfrontier sciencefrontier technologyfrontier townwestern frontier
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesSample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Many families went west to make a new life on the frontier.
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The soldiers proceeded to the frontier with caution.
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The soldiers headed for the frontier with caution.
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