bordered (on)

verb

past tense of border (on)
1
as in touched (on)
to come very close to being that comment borders on insubordination, and you should be more careful in the future

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2
as in joined
to be adjacent to that state borders on three others

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bordered (on)
  1. seemed
  2. joined
  3. resembled
  4. adjoined
  5. flanked
  6. touched
  7. surrounded
Verb
  • And at least for two quarters, the Bulls seemed to successfully execute a plan to dismantle one of the best teams in the West.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The highest points of 2022’s Nymph, Shygirl’s full-length debut, seemed to herald the coronation of an art-pop auteur.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of seemed
Verb
  • With two 30-point performances among his initial seven games, Lendeborg joined Hall of Famers Wilt Chamberlain and Rick Barry as the only other Warriors to do so.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The public member of the joint review board, Jim Kucienski, who serves as chairman of the village’s economic development commission, joined the six other board members in attendance in voting to support approval of the TIF district, Hammel said.
    — Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of joined
Verb
  • This time, the pair claimed to have heard labored breathing coming across the airwaves, and even what resembled the strained moans of a person aboard an orbiting spacecraft.
    — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Parker said ComEd is willing to work with residents on the substation’s appearance, even revising an early rendering after neighbors complained that the building resembled a jail.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of resembled
Verb
  • Then, another 20-year-old man, Daktari Rose Deacon, of Hyde Park, left a bathroom that adjoined the bedroom, according to police, who searched the bathroom and found another loaded firearm with an extended magazine.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 July 2026
  • Two double bedrooms and a single bedroom are tucked at the end of the main floor, and are adjoined by a large outdoor terrace.
    — Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026
Definition of adjoined
Verb
  • The bed is upholstered in a Rose Uniacke fabric and flanked with custom sconces.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of Denver, the city is home to about 2,600 people and is flanked by some of Colorado’s tallest mountains.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of flanked
Verb
  • We were touched that some of them had come all the way from distant countries to bid him their last farewell.
    — Sonia Gandhi, Vanity Fair, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Unlike other crises in our past, this time, every family was touched in some way.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of touched
Verb
  • And last year, two littermate kittens were hit a few hundred feet apart on a busy street surrounded by Naples subdivisions.
    — Max Chesnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Lorraine Eiler stood in the blazing August sun, surrounded by reporters, to offer a warning.
    — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of surrounded
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“Bordered (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bordered%20%28on%29. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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