Synonyms of fringes

fringes 1 of 2

noun

plural of fringe

as in edges

the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something

was on the fringes of the crowd and couldn't see the speaker

Synonyms & Similar Words

• edges
• perimeters
• confines
• edgings
• borders
• boundaries
• circumferences
• margins
• peripheries
• verges
• outskirts
• skirts
• ends
• bounds
• brims
• rims
• hems
• frames
• borderlines
• cusps
• skirtings
• compasses
• lips
• shores
• frontiers
• crests
• limitations
• extents
• restrictions
• ceilings
• curbs
• maxima
• demarcations
• borderlands
• marches
• ambits
• brinks
• terminations
• measures
• laps
• pales
• selvages
• meres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• centers
• hearts
• cores
• interiors
• insides
• middles
• inners
• withins

fringes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fringe

1

as in adjoins

to be adjacent to

the orchestral pit fringed the edge of the stage

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in borders

to serve as a border for

neat rows of red brick fringe the estate's flower beds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• borders
• bounds
• edges
• margins
• surrounds
• skirts
• rims
• circles
• frames
• encircles
• traces
• walls
• loops
• trims
• defines
• rings
• demarcates
• outlines
• confines
• hems
• rounds
• limits
• circumscribes
• sketches
• delineates
• silhouettes
• environs
• encloses
• restricts
• curbs
• restrains
• controls
• checks
• girths
• girdles
• compasses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fringes

Noun

Players on the fringes of a roster are the epitome of beggars can't be choosers. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

With some help, Kristjánsson had elevated his party from the fringes to a crucial bloc in the governing coalition. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

The Phillies have cultivated strong bullpen depth this year, and players on the fringes were tested in recent games. — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 29 June 2026

Over the past few years, Beatty has quietly positioned himself as a virtuosic songwriter operating on the fringes of pop. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026

Armando Soriano, his wife and two children traveled from the fringes of the city to a smaller Fan Fest in a plaza just a mile from where Ramírez lives, where locals rolled up to the screen before them on motorcycles and beer, tequila and snacks were sold from plastic tubs strapped to moving carts. — Megan Janetsky, Fortune, 23 June 2026

The synths don’t feel futuristic so much as a new age remnant, a reminder that Zimmerman spent much of his career pursuing a muse that kept him on the fringes of popular music. — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 22 June 2026

Both politicians and corporate America are advised to focus on the broad center of the electorate, as companies like Paramount and Disney already do, rather than catering to the fringes. — Will Johnson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Wahhh’s career coincided with, and has benefited from, tattoos moving from society’s fringes (military vets, bikers, ex-convicts, gangbangers) into the mainstream and onto the bodies of school teachers, dentists, and maybe the person sitting next to you. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026

Verb

Still, Nay Palad is also actively involved in the protection and post-typhoon regeneration of the sprawling mangrove system that fringes the property on one side. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026

On Israel, which fringes on both the Left and the Right have increasingly abandoned, Gallego questioned those who want to defund defensive support to the Middle Eastern nation. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2026