Synonyms for periphery
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
The suburbs are a city's periphery.
Related words
- Word family
- peripheral
Forms
- Plural
- peripheries → boundaries, fringes, circles, surroundings…
Example sentences
- circle Layla had a large circle of friends but was naive.
- surrounding There are a lot of sights in the surrounding area.
- boundary Smoking is permitted within the marked boundary.
- fringe I cut my fringe myself, and now it's all jagged.
- circumference The line s is tangent to the circumference described.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| periphery | steady | |
| circle | rising | |
| surrounding | rising | |
| boundary | falling | |
| fringe | falling | |
| circumference | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- circle2, fringe1
- 7 letters
- outline2
- 8 letters
- boundary3, penumbra3
- 11 letters
- surrounding3
- 13 letters
- circumference3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (circle2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- périphérie
- Italiano
- periferia
- Español
- periferia
- Català
- perifèria