Synonyms for brink
Definitions
- n. 1
The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
Forms
- Plural
- brinks → verges, thresholds, edges, borders…
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Brink is the place from which one may fall; as, the river's brink; the brink of a precipice; the brink of ruin.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- verge My father's company is on the verge of bankruptcy.
- edge Sami seemed to have the edge on his older brother.
By length
- 3 letters
- rim1
- 4 letters
- bank1, edge1, brow1, brim1
- 5 letters
- verge1
- 6 letters
- border2, margin2
- 9 letters
- threshold2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (border2 = 2 syllables).