border
I
noun
ambit, borderland, boundary, bounds, brim, brink, circumference, circumjacence, confine, contiguity, edge, edging, end, enframement, extremity, flange, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, ledge, limit, line of demarcation, marge, margin, outline, outpost, outside, outskirts, pale, perimeter, periphery, purlieus, rim, selvedge, side, skirt, terminal, termination, verge
associated concepts: border search
II
(approach) verb
abut upon, adjoin, align convergently, approximate, be in the vicinity of, be near, dose on, come close, come to a point, concentrate, converge, draw near, encroach, gravitate toward, join, juxtapose, juxtaposit, lie near, meet, move toward, near, neighbor, place in juxtaposition, place near, place parallel, proximate, put along side, skim, skirt, unite, verge, verge upon
III
(bound) verb
abut upon, adiacere, adjoin, appose, attach, attingere, be adjacent to, be circumjacent to, be conterminous, be contiguous, be in conjunction with, be in contact with, be juxtaposed, butt, cincture, circumpose, circumvalate, circumvent, close in, confine, conjoin, connect, contain, corral, cut off, define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, demarcate, edge, embrace, encase, enchase, encircle, enclose, enclose within bounds, encompass, ensphere, envelop, environ, extend to, flank, frame, gird, hem in, impinge, join, juxtapose, juxtaposit, lean against, lie contiguous to, lie next to, limit, mark off, meet end to end, meet with, outline, place limitations, proscribe, restrain, restrict, shut in, specify limits, stake out, surround
IV
index
ambit, boundary, circumscribe (define), circumscribe (surround by boundary), connection (abutment), contact (touch), contain (enclose), demarcate, enclosure, encompass (surround), end (termination), extremity (furthest point), frontier, hedge, juxtapose, limit, margin (outside limit), mete, outline (boundary), periphery, tenant
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006