FRONTIER Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in marginal

located at or near a border a frontier town with a reputation for vice and lawlessness

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noun

ˌfrən-ˈtir

as in border

a region along the dividing line between two countries the Apaches were once feared on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico frontier

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as in countryside

a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country Alaska has been called America's last frontier

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Our business model is to build frontier models and to bring them to developers. —

Will Henshall, TIME, 4 Aug. 2024 Despite the optimism, frontier debt could still inflict the biggest pain on investors when things go wrong. —

Selcuk Gokoluk, Fortune, 28 July 2024 Joseph O’Neill: America, cricket’s next frontier The first moment in the game against Pakistan that suggested something magical might be in the air involved Taylor. —

Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 25 July 2024 Having established a footprint in the USA, Africa, which has not hosted a Formula 1 Grand Prix since 1993 at Kyalami in South Africa, is the sport’s next frontier. —

Dan Cancian, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for frontier

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