edge

The word “edge” has 1 syllable: edge

It's pronounced as /ɛdʒ/

What is synonym and antonym for edge?

In the thesaurus, “edge” has 203 synonyms and 71 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for edge along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for edge

ability
acerbity
acidity
acidness
acridity
acridness
acrimoniousness
acrimony
acuteness
advantage
allowance
ambit
ascendancy
ascendency
asperity
benefit
berm
better
bind
bite
bitterness
blessing
boon
border
borderland
borderline
bound
boundary
break
brim
brink
bulge
capability
capacity
catbird seat
cattiness
ceiling
check
circle
circumference
circumscribe
coign of vantage
command
compass
confine
confines
contour
control
corner
creep
crest
curb
cusp
decorate
define
delineate
demarcate
demarcation
dominance
draw
drop
ease
edging
effectiveness
effectualness
efficaciousness
efficacity
efficacy
efficiency
encircle
enclose
end
environ
extent
extremity
felicity
file
foothold
frame
fringe
frontier
ginger
girdle
girth
godsend
grind
harshness
head start
hem
high ground
hone
inch
inclose
infiltrate
inside track
jump
keenness
lap
lead
ledge
leg up
limit
limitation
line
lip
loop
maliciousness
manna
march
margin
mastery
maximum
measure
mere
molding
mouth
nick
nose out
odds
opportunity
outline
outskirt
outskirts
pale
perimeter
periphery
poignance
poignancy
point
pointedness
polish
portal
potency
precedence
predominance
preference
prerogative
privilege
productiveness
puissance
pull
punch
pungency
raucousness
restrain
restrict
restriction
rim
ring
roughness
round
selvage
seniority
severeness
severity
shape
sharpen
sharpness
shore
shrillness
side
sidle
silhouette
sketch
skirt
skirting
slip by
slip past
spice
split
squeeze by
squeeze past
start
stead
steal
stone
strand
strength
strop
superiority
supremacy
surround
tang
tartness
term
termination
thorniness
threshold
trace
transcendence
transcendency
trim
trimming
upper hand
vantage
verge
virulence
vitriol
wall
whet
whip hand
windfall
worm

Antonyms for edge

bar
blunt
buff
burnish
catch
center
check
clog
core
crimp
detriment
disability
disadvantage
disparity
drawback
dull
embarrassment
failing
gentleness
gloss
handicap
heart
hindrance
hitch
hurdle
imbalance
impairment
impediment
inability
inadequacy
inadequateness
incompetence
incompetency
ineffectiveness
ineffectuality
ineffectualness
inefficiency
inequality
inner
inside
interference
interior
kindliness
let
liability
lose
lurch
manacle
middle
mildness
minus
obstacle
obstruction
penalty
polish
round
rub
setback
shackle
shortcoming
smooth
softness
stop
stranglehold
strike
surface
thicken
trammel
unevenness
wallop
within

Meanings of edge

noun
1. The boundary line of a surface.
2. A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
3. An advantage.
4. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
5. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
6. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
7. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time).
8. A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
9. A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
10. In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax; see also edging.
verb
1. To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
2. To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
3. (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
4. To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
5. To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
6. To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
7. To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
8. To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
9. To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.

Example Sentences

The cat perched on the edge of the windowsill, watching the birds outside.
Be careful not to stand too close to the edge of the cliff, it's dangerous.
His witty remarks always had an edge of sarcasm that kept people on their toes.
The company's innovative technology gives it an edge over its competitors in the market.
She felt a thrill of excitement as she reached the edge of the finish line, knowing she had won the race.

On this page you'll find 274 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to edge, such as: ability, acerbity, acidity, acidness, acridity, acridness, acrimoniousness.

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