Synonyms of bordering

bordering 1 of 2

adjective

as in adjacent

having a border in common

a country given to constant disagreements with bordering nations

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

bordering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of border

as in bounding

to serve as a border for

that velvet bordered the sleeves on this shirt, until it fell off

Synonyms & Similar Words

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