Synonyms of flank

flank 1 of 2

noun

ˈflaŋk 

as in side

a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or line

painted the name of the ship along its flank

Synonyms & Similar Words

• side
• top
• foot
• underside
• outside
• hand
• bottom
• left
• face
• right
• lee
• undersurface
• windward
• leeward
• underbody
• underbelly
• underpart

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• center
• middle
• interior
• inside
• midway

flank

2 of 2

verb

as in to join

to be adjacent to

the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line

Synonyms & Similar Words

• join
• adjoin
• surround
• touch
• neighbor
• fringe
• march (with)
• verge (on)
• abut
• line
• skirt
• fence
• border (on)
• butt (on or against)
• meet
• communicate (with)
• attach (to)
• connect (with)
• margin
• encircle
• bound
• link (with)
• enclose
• converge
• rim
• contact
• embrace

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flank

Noun

Engine 39’s three-person crew includes a paramedic and can also staff a wildland fire engine, giving the department additional capacity to respond to wildfires near open and undeveloped land along the city’s eastern and southern flanks, Lawlor said. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026

A couple of questions focused on the tech mogul’s support for political parties on the right flank of the political spectrum in such countries as Germany, where the far-right AfD just won a regional election in Saxony-Anhalt this weekend. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Verb

Major population centers Philadelphia and Pittsburgh both are flanked by rivers. — Kaleigh Yost, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

This is part of its ongoing strategy of flanking stand-alone beauty stores to its wholesale distribution — which accounts for 95 percent of the business — and beauty corners housed in 30 of Dolce & Gabbana fashion boutiques worldwide. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026