edges

The word “edges” has 2 syllables: edg-es

It's pronounced as /ˈɛdʒɪz/

What is synonym and antonym for edges?

In the thesaurus, “edges” has 207 synonyms and 74 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for edges

advantages
allowance
allowances
ambits
ascendancies
ascendancy
ascendencies
bend
benefits
berm
betters
bind
blessings
boons
borderlands
borderlines
borders
bound
boundaries
boundary
bounds
breaks
brim
brims
brink
brinks
bulge
bulges
butt
catbird seats
ceilings
checks
circles
circumference
circumferences
circumscribes
coigns of vantage
commands
compasses
confines
contour
controls
corner
creep
crests
crook
crust
curb
curbs
cusps
decorate
defines
delineates
demarcates
demarcations
dominance
dominances
draw
drops
ease
edgings
encircles
encloses
end
ends
environs
extents
extremity
felicities
file
files
footholds
frame
frames
fringe
fringes
frontier
frontiers
girdles
girths
godsends
grind
grinds
head start
head starts
hem
hems
high grounds
hone
hones
hook
inch
incloses
infiltrate
inside tracks
jumps
laps
lead
leads
ledge
legs up
limb
limit
limitations
limits
line
lip
lips
loops
mannas
marches
margin
margins
masteries
maxima
maximums
measures
meres
molding
mouth
nicks
nose out
odds
opportunities
outline
outlines
outskirt
outskirts
pales
peak
perimeter
perimeters
peripheries
periphery
point
points
polish
portal
precedences
predominances
preferences
prerogatives
privileges
pulls
restrains
restrictions
restricts
rim
rims
ring
rings
rounds
selvages
seniorities
shape
sharpen
sharpens
shore
shores
side
sidle
silhouettes
sketches
skirt
skirtings
skirts
slip by
slip past
split
squeeze by
squeeze past
start
starts
steads
steal
stones
strand
strop
strops
superiorities
superiority
supremacies
surround
surrounds
term
terminations
threshold
thresholds
tip
traces
transcendences
transcendencies
trimming
trims
turn
upper hand
upper hands
vantage
vantages
verge
verges
walls
whet
whets
whip hands
windfalls
worm

Antonyms for edges

allow
bars
block
blunt
blunts
bottom
buffs
burnishes
catches
center
centers
checks
clogs
cores
crimps
detriments
disabilities
disadvantage
disadvantages
disparities
drawbacks
dull
dulls
embarrassments
failings
free
glosses
handicaps
hearts
hindrances
hitches
hurdles
imbalances
impairments
impediments
inequalities
inners
inside
insides
interferences
interior
interiors
let go
lets
liabilities
lose
lurches
manacles
middle
middles
minuses
nadir
obstacles
obstructions
penalties
permit
polishes
release
rounds
rubs
setbacks
shackles
shortcomings
smoothes
smooths
stops
strangleholds
strikes
surface
thicken
trammels
unbind
wallop
withins

Meanings of edges

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

She carefully trimmed the edges of the paper to make it fit into the frame.
The cat balanced precariously on the edges of the fence, surveying its surroundings.
The river's current eroded the edges of the rocks over time, shaping them into smooth forms.
As the storm approached, dark clouds gathered on the edges of the horizon.
He ran his fingers along the edges of the book, feeling the texture of the worn pages.

On this page you'll find 281 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to edges, such as: advantages, allow, allowance, allowances, ambits, ascendancies, ascendancy.

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