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

The program combines classroom theory along with practical work on machinery and a fleet of older planes used for practice at an air field on Pittsburgh's outskirts. — Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 July 2026

On a warm autumn day in the early 1900s, Henrietta Darwin, Charles Darwin’s eldest daughter, marched into the woods near her house on the outskirts of Gomshall, a rural English village about 30 miles southwest of London. — Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026

After conducting a 30-minute test drive in the outskirts of the capital last year, Turing has replicated the experiment in multiple, more congested areas across the country. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

Carlos Santana, Carlos Carrasco, Sandy León, José Azócar and Rowdy Tellez are just a few of the major-league veterans who have called the outskirts of metro Atlanta home this season. — Fisher Isbell, AJC.com, 8 July 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