verges
The word “verges” has 2 syllables: ver-ges
It's pronounced as /vɜrdʒɪz/
What is synonym and antonym for verges?
In the thesaurus, “verges” has 69 synonyms and 24 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for verges along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for verges
- adjoins
- ambits
- approaches
- arrives
- attains
- bellies up
- borderlands
- borderlines
- borders
- boundaries
- bounds
- brims
- brinks
- ceilings
- circumferences
- closes
- closes in
- comes
- comes up
- compasses
- confines
- creeps up
- crests
- curbs
- cusps
- demarcations
- draws on
- edges
- edgings
- ends
- extents
- frames
- fringes
- frontiers
- gains
- hems
- hits
- lands
- laps
- limitations
- lips
- makes
- marches
- margins
- maxima
- maximums
- measures
- meres
- nears
- nicks
- nighs
- outskirts
- pales
- perimeters
- peripheries
- points
- reaches
- restrictions
- rims
- selvages
- shores
- shows up
- skirtings
- skirts
- sneaks up
- terminations
- thresholds
- touches
- turns up
Antonyms for verges
- centers
- clears out
- cores
- departs
- exits
- goes
- hearts
- inners
- insides
- interiors
- leaves
- lights out
- middles
- pulls out
- quits
- recedes
- removes
- retires
- retreats
- runs away
- takes off
- walks out
- withdraws
- withins
Meanings of verges
- noun
- A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
- An edge or border.
- The phallus.
- An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
- A circumference; a circle; a ring.
- The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
- The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
- The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement.
- verb
- To be or come very close; to border; to approach.
- To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope.
Example Sentences
- The road verges on a quiet countryside, offering beautiful scenic views.
- His behavior verges on rudeness, making it difficult to work with him.
- The river verges at the edge of the forest, creating a natural boundary.
- The company verges on bankruptcy if they don't find a solution soon.
- The argument verges on absurdity, with no clear logic or reason behind it.
On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to verges, such as: adjoins, ambits, approaches, arrives, attains, bellies up, borderlands.
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- pulls
- restrains
- restrictions
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- rim
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- ring
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- rounds
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- shape
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- shore
- shores
- side
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- sketches
- skirt
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- skirts
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- split
- squeeze by
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- start
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- surround
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- threshold
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edgings
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- borderlines
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- boundaries
- bounds
- brims
- brinks
- ceilings
- circumferences
- compasses
- confines
- crests
- curbs
- cusps
- demarcations
- edges
- ends
- extents
- frames
- fringes
- frontiers
- hems
- laps
- limitations
- lips
- marches
- margins
- maxima
- maximums
- measures
- meres
- outskirts
- pales
- perimeters
- peripheries
- restrictions
- rims
- selvages
- shores
- skirtings
- skirts
- terminations
- verges