Synonyms of fringing

fringing 1 of 2

adjective

as in adjacent

having a border in common

fringing nations fighting over territory on their shared border

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjacent
• adjoining
• neighboring
• bordering
• closest
• joining
• contiguous
• abutting
• flanking
• attached
• touching
• verging
• close
• skirting
• conterminous
• united
• nearest
• juxtaposed
• surrounding
• nearby
• near
• flush
• connecting
• linked
• marginal
• connected
• fencing
• peripheral
• next-door
• communicating
• encircling
• joined
• approximate
• bounding
• embracing
• immediate
• nigh
• enclosing
• tangential
• ambient
• circumjacent
• tangent
• inclosing
• interconnecting
• rimming
• encompassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• isolated
• apart
• noncontiguous
• discrete
• nonadjacent
• separate
• single
• detached
• unconnected
• farthest
• distant
• free-standing
• far
• remote
• isolate
• removed
• unattached
• away
• disconnected
• discontinuous
• unlinked
• resolved
• noncontinuous
• divided
• split
• severed
• far-off
• broken up
• faraway
• parted
• ramified
• uncoupled
• dissociated
• disunited
• divorced
• dissevered
• sundered
• disjoined
• unyoked

fringing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of fringe

1

as in adjoining

to be adjacent to

the orchestral pit fringed the edge of the stage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjoining
• flanking
• joining
• surrounding
• touching
• neighboring
• abutting
• skirting
• lining
• marching (with)
• bordering (on)
• butting (on or against)
• verging (on)
• connecting (with)
• attaching (to)
• communicating (with)
• bounding
• encircling
• linking (with)
• meeting
• inclosing
• enclosing
• converging
• embracing
• fencing
• contacting
• rimming
• margining

2

as in bordering

to serve as a border for

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bordering
• bounding
• surrounding
• edging
• skirting
• rimming
• framing
• margining
• encircling
• trimming
• hemming
• circling
• defining
• looping
• outlining
• tracing
• inclosing
• demarcating
• rounding
• enclosing
• silhouetting
• sketching
• ringing
• circumscribing
• environing
• restricting
• delineating
• limiting
• walling
• curbing
• confining
• girdling
• restraining
• controlling
• checking
• girthing
• compassing