outskirt

noun

out·​skirt ˈau̇t-ˌskərt 

: a part remote from the center : border

—usually used in plural

on the outskirts of town

Synonyms of outskirt

• countryside
• suburbia

Examples of outskirt in a Sentence

some people prefer to live on the outskirts and work inside the city

Recent Examples on the Web

Hood said he’s been called to minister to those on the outskirts of society ever since his mentor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a seminary school, came out to him as gay on his deathbed. — Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026

He was tracked down in the town of Jesús María, a bastion of Los Chapitos on the outskirts of Culiacán, where another of El Chapo’s sons, Ovidio Guzmán López, was arrested after a firefight in 2023. — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Even moving from Highfield Road, in the heart of the city, to the Ricoh, on the northern outskirts, was a culture shock in the hope of progress. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Jerrod Tyson Chapman-Marshall, 19, died at a Salinas hospital after the single-car crash Sunday afternoon on the outskirts of Monterey, the Monterey County coroner’s office said. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1599, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for outskirt

• alert
• assert
• avert
• dessert
• divert
• evert
• exert
• inert
• insert
• invert
• nightshirt
• overt