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Synonyms for edge

noun

  1. The outer portion

    border, frontier, extremity, portal, threshold, brink, boundary, end, term, limit, edging, molding, brim, rim, margin, ring, frame, side, corner, point, bend, crook, hook, split, peak, tip, turn, crust, verge, bound, ledge, skirt, outskirt(s), lip, limb, hem, welt, seam, selvage, terminator, fringe, frill, flange, flounce, list, listing, trimming, mouth, shore, strand, dike, quay, bank, beach, wharf, dock, mole, curb, crest, deckle, berm, groin, arris, gunwale, periphery, circumference, perimeter; see also rim.

    Antonyms surface, center*, interior.

  2. Anything linear and sharp

    blade, cutting edge, razor edge; see knife, razor.

  3. *Advantage

    upper hand, handicap, head start; see advantage 1, 2.

on edge
set one's teeth on edge
take the edge off

weaken, subdue, dull; see soften 2. See syn. study at rim.

verb

See edge in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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