frontier

Word Type

n.

frontier Meaning Definition

That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.

Synonyms for frontier

Berlin wall,China,Darkest Africa,God knows where,Greenland,North Pole,Outer Mongolia,Pago Pago,Pillars of Hercules,Siberia,South Pole,Thule,Tierra del Fuego,Timbuktu,Ultima Thule,Yukon,anteriority,antipodes,back country,backcountry,backwash,backwater,backwoods,bamboo curtain,bold front,boondock,boondocks,border,border ground,border line,bordering,borderland,borderline,bound,boundary,boundary condition,boundary line,bounding,bounds,bourn,brave face,brave front,break boundary,breakoff point,brush,bush,bush country,bushveld,ceiling,circumscription,coastal,compass,confine,cutoff,cutoff point,dark horse,deadline,delimitation,determinant,determinative,determining,display,division line,end,enigma,extreme,extremes,extremity,facade,face,facet,facia,finish,floor,fore,forefront,foreground,forehand,foreland,forepart,forequarter,foreside,forests,foreword,fringing,front,front elevation,front line,front man,front matter,front page,front view,frontage,frontal,frontier post,frontiers of knowledge,frontispiece,godforsaken place,hack,head,heading,hedge,high-water mark,hinterland,interface,iron curtain,jumping-off place,lap,limbic,limen,liminal,limit,limitation,limiting,limiting factor,limits,line,line of demarcation,littoral,low-water mark,lower limit,march,marches,marchland,marginal,mark,matter of ignorance,mete,mystery,n,nowhere,obverse,outback,outer space,outlandish,outpost,outskirts,pale,pole,preface,prefix,priority,proscenium,puzzle,remote,riddle,rimming,sealed book,skirting,start,starting line,starting point,sticks,target date,term,terminal,terminal date,terminus,terra incognita,the Great Divide,the South Seas,the boondocks,the bush,the incalculable,the moon,the sticks,the strange,the tullies,the unfamiliar,the unknowable,the unknown,three-mile limit,threshold,timbers,time allotment,twelve-mile limit,unexplored ground,unexplored territory,uninhabited region,unknown quantity,unsettled,up-country,upper limit,virgin land,virgin territory,wasteland,wild West,wilderness,wilds,window dressing,woodlands,woods,x,z

Synonym Search Links for frontier

Berlin wallChinaDarkest AfricaGod knows whereGreenlandNorth PoleOuter MongoliaPago PagoPillars of HerculesSiberiaSouth PoleThuleTierra del FuegoTimbuktuUltima ThuleYukonanteriorityantipodesback countrybackcountrybackwashbackwaterbackwoodsbamboo curtainbold frontboondockboondocksborderborder groundborder lineborderingborderlandborderlineboundboundaryboundary conditionboundary lineboundingboundsbournbrave facebrave frontbreak boundarybreakoff pointbrushbushbush countrybushveldceilingcircumscriptioncoastalcompassconfinecutoffcutoff pointdark horsedeadlinedelimitationdeterminantdeterminativedeterminingdisplaydivision lineendenigmaextremeextremesextremityfacadefacefacetfaciafinishfloorforeforefrontforegroundforehandforelandforepartforequarterforesideforestsforewordfringingfrontfront elevationfront linefront manfront matterfront pagefront viewfrontagefrontalfrontier postfrontiers of knowledgefrontispiecegodforsaken placehackheadheadinghedgehigh-water markhinterlandinterfaceiron curtainjumping-off placelaplimbiclimenliminallimitlimitationlimitinglimiting factorlimitslineline of demarcationlittorallow-water marklower limitmarchmarchesmarchlandmarginalmarkmatter of ignorancemetemysterynnowhereobverseoutbackouter spaceoutlandishoutpostoutskirtspalepoleprefaceprefixpriorityprosceniumpuzzleremoteriddlerimmingsealed bookskirtingstartstarting linestarting pointstickstarget datetermterminalterminal dateterminusterra incognitathe Great Dividethe South Seasthe boondocksthe bushthe incalculablethe moonthe sticksthe strangethe tulliesthe unfamiliarthe unknowablethe unknownthree-mile limitthresholdtimberstime allotmenttwelve-mile limitunexplored groundunexplored territoryuninhabited regionunknown quantityunsettledup-countryupper limitvirgin landvirgin territorywastelandwild Westwildernesswildswindow dressingwoodlandswoodsxz