Definition for Brink:

• a region marking a boundary

Synonyms for Brink:

• adj.

  •edge (adjective)
  • study at rim.

• n.

  •
  • crossroads,
  • the point of no return,
  • watershed,
  • turning point,
  • climax,
  • the moment of truth,
  • breaking point,
  • highlight,
  • milestone,
  • peak.
  •
  • crest,
  • cap,
  • divide,
  • the brow.
  •border (noun)
  • out skirt,
  • out-skirt,
  • selvages.
  •bound (noun)
  • bound.
  •boundary (noun)
  • ex tent,
  • out-line,
  • ex tents,
  • out lines,
  • line demarcation,
  • ex-tent,
  • be-ginning,
  • out posts,
  • out-posts,
  • ex-tents,
  • out-lines,
  • out line,
  • be ginning.
  •edge (noun)
  • fence,
  • frontier limit,
  • side,
  • sharpness,
  • curb,
  • tip,
  • coast,
  • outline,
  • precipice,
  • ring.
  •edge of an object or area (noun)
  • frontier.
  •eve (noun)
  • evening before.
  •extremity (noun)
  • ex-cesses,
  • out-sides,
  • out sides,
  • ex cess,
  • ex-cess,
  • out side,
  • re-motes,
  • re-mote,
  • re motes.
  •fringe (noun)
  • out skirts,
  • out-skirts,
  • rickracks.
  •hem (noun)
  • de fines,
  • de fine,
  • de-fine,
  • de-fines.
  •point (noun)
  • de-grees,
  • very minutes,
  • point time,
  • de grees,
  • de gree,
  • de-gree.
  •shape (noun)
  • brink.
  •shore (noun)
  • seaboards,
  • seacoasts,
  • waterfronts,
  • coastlands,
  • lakesides,
  • lakeshores.
  •threshold (noun)
  • doorway,
  • sills,
  • sill,
  • doorways,
  • doorstep,
  • point of departure,
  • doorsteps,
  • starting point.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • escarpment,
  • mountaintop,
  • hillside,
  • scree,
  • mountainside,
  • hilltop,
  • crag,
  • Brae,
  • the treeline,
  • lee,
  • the snow-line,
  • mudslide,
  • cairn.
  •
  • brow,
  • slope,
  • ledge,
  • borderline,
  • landslide.
  •
  • ridge,
  • summit.
  •
  • gap.
  •
  • flank.
  •
  • shoulder.
  •
  • face,
  • slide.
  •
  • crown.
  •
  • pass.

Paraphrases for Brink:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    verge.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    point, rim, marginalization, borderline, rob, margin.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    precipice, threshold, periphery, eve, rand, cusp, fringe, doorstep, chasm, border.

Antonyms for Brink:

• n.

  • edge of an object or area
    inside, center, interior, middle.

Brink Sentence Examples:

• The girl had wandered off the path, slipped down the bank, and was now clinging to a tree only a few feet removed from the brink of one of the most terrible precipices along the Norwegian coast.

• He believed that, as soon as Pierre and his band became aroused, they would rush in a body for the path that led toward the settlement; and Archie did not like the idea of running a race through the darkness along the brink of that precipice.

Hyponym for Brink:

• n.

  • location
    border, edge.
  • shape
    bound, boundary, edge.