Synonyms for frontier
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
the frontier of civilization
Related words
- Word family
- frontiersman
- Phrases
- final frontier high frontier last frontier efficient frontier portfolio frontier
Forms
- Plural
- frontiers → borders, borderlands, boundaries, marches…
Example sentences
- border We met again in Oujda, on the border with Algeria.
- boundary Smoking is permitted within the marked boundary.
- vanguard The Communist Party is the vanguard of the working class.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| frontier | falling | |
| border | rising | |
| boundary | falling | |
| borderland | rising | |
| marchland | falling | |
| vanguard | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- march1, limit2
- 6 letters
- border2
- 7 letters
- confine2
- 8 letters
- boundary3, precinct2, vanguard2
- 9 letters
- marchland
- 10 letters
- borderland
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (limit2 = 2 syllables).