Synonyms of flanks

flanks 1 of 2

noun

plural of flank

as in sides

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

• sides
• hands
• undersides
• feet
• tops
• outsides
• undersurfaces
• underparts
• bottoms
• faces
• underbodies
• lefts
• lees
• rights
• underbellies
• windwards
• leewards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• centers
• interiors
• insides
• middles
• midways

flanks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of flank

as in adjoins

to be adjacent to

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjoins
• joins
• neighbors
• touches
• surrounds
• abuts
• lines
• skirts
• borders (on)
• fringes
• marches (with)
• butts (on or against)
• attaches (to)
• verges (on)
• margins
• fences
• connects (with)
• encircles
• communicates (with)
• links (with)
• rims
• contacts
• bounds
• meets
• encloses
• converges
• embraces

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flanks

Noun

House leadership elections ahead Johnson’s decision sets up a potential repeat of the leadership battles that have played out in recent years between the House GOP’s conservative and far-right flanks. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

An exception to the rule occurs over volcanic fissures on the flanks of the Alba Mons volcano, in early summer. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026

In a cozy corner, a Casamidy chair covered in soft mohair flanks a Swedish Gustavian oak secretary from the 1800s. — Sallie Lewis, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2026

Ahead, black dots move in formation like ants as Everest’s imposing upper flanks loom above them. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026

Brighton frequently found joy down the flanks, with the goal coming from a switch of play to Kostoulas that Mazraoui failed to track. — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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

The lights on the flanks had slightly different temperature profiles. — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026

In other areas, such as on the southern and eastern flanks near Arroyo Seco, firefighters were still working to improve containment lines with masticators and other equipment. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026

Verb

These add to artistic and private-label perfumery brands, such as LabSolue, the artisanal brand Martone’s daughter Ambra — who also flanks him in leading ICR — created with her late sister, Giorgia. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

After a long winter, the vibrant green of new foliage flanks the road and, in parts, creates a canopy in the summer. — Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 9 July 2026

This short out-and-back route is the perfect recovery run, with relatively flat terrain that flanks the river. — Kristine Thomason, Outside, 9 Mar. 2026

But Hawley flanks the familiar creature from the movies with a variety of new monsters that get unleashed in the Maginot crash. — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025