boundaries

NOUN

outer limit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barrier border borderline bounds confines edge frontier horizon line perimeter

STRONG

ambit beginning borderland brink circumference circumscription compass end environs extent extremity frame fringe hem limits march margin mark mere mete outline outpost pale periphery precinct purlieus radius rim side skirt terminal termination terminus verge

WEAK

abuttals line of demarcation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

center inside interior middle

STRONG

opening start

WEAK

minimum

Example Sentences

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Climbing fuel prices add to the stress of seeking a potential mate and have resulted in more singles setting boundaries around how far they will go, literally, to find love.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Rapidly evolving artificial intelligence technology has demolished the boundaries between reality and fiction, handing cybercriminals strikingly convincing voice cloning tools to steal from people by mimicking loved ones.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

"Possibly, this is due to their more egalitarian social systems. Bonobos appear to live together in more fluid relationships, with social bonds that transcend group boundaries, something we rarely see in chimpanzees," explains Van Leeuwen.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

“What are the outer boundaries of this?” asked Gil Rothenberg, a retired Justice Department lawyer who handled tax cases in appeals courts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The new science knew no boundaries of language or nationality, at least not within western Europe, within the world of the printing press, gunpowder weaponry, the telescope and the pendulum clock.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton