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 logo of the Adani Group is seen on the facade of its Corporate House on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, November 21, 2024. —Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026

The family left Los Angeles in 2020 to live in a multimillion-dollar, sprawling 36-acre ranch on the outskirts of Austin, Texas. —Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026

While most neighborhoods are accessible through the city’s famously speedy bullet train system, staying in the outskirts could mean more time spent in transit than out sightseeing. —Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2026

After midnight, one evening in late January, a doctor ushered a young man with a mangled hand into her car and sped to a private clinic on the outskirts of Tehran. —Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 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