Synonyms for
Bordering
Definition
The act of being adjacent or next to something or someone.
Synonyms & similar words
ring
adjoin
framein
button
skirt
surround
butt
edge
abut
border
bound
environ
frame
march
buttagainst
adjacent
neighboring
abutting
adjoining
proximate
contiguous
conterminous
next-door
connecting
touching
fringing
skirting
bounding
surrounding
enclosing
enveloping
embracing
circumscribing
edging
marching
Synonyms by register
Formal
Antonyms
Common collocations
- bordering on madness
- bordering on the absurd
- bordering on panic
- bordering on collapse
- bordering on the impossible
- bordering on illegal
- bordering on dangerous
Word family
Usage note
Often used figuratively to describe something that is very close to being something else, e.g., 'bordering on rudeness'. Can also refer to geographical proximity.
Example sentences
- The playground is bordering the school building.
- The fence is bordering the garden.
- The beach is bordering the ocean.
- The mountains are bordering the valley.
- The city is bordering the river.
Quotes
A border is nothing more than a man-made concept, the product of our imaginations and our fear of the other.
Borders are scratched across the hearts of men, by strangers with a calm, judicial pen, and when the borders bleed we watch with dread the lines of ink along the map turn red.
The border is where the rules end, and I like to live where there are no rules.