Synonyms for fringe
frɪndʒfringe

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. fringenoun

   Synonyms:
   bangs, forelock

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. periphery, fringe, outer boundarynoun

   the outside boundary or surface of something

   Synonyms:
   outer boundary, periphery, interference fringe, outskirt, bang

2. outskirt, fringenoun

   a part of the city far removed from the center

   "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"

   Synonyms:
   outer boundary, periphery, interference fringe, outskirt, bang

3. fringe, interference fringenoun

   one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light

   Synonyms:
   outer boundary, periphery, interference fringe, outskirt, bang

4. fringenoun

   a social group holding marginal or extreme views

   "members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times"

   Synonyms:
   outer boundary, periphery, interference fringe, outskirt, bang

5. bang, fringenoun

   a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead

   Synonyms:
   bang, outskirt, bam, rush, clap, periphery, strike, smasher, blast, thrill, kick, interference fringe, knock, charge, outer boundary, belt, hit, eruption, bash, flush, boot, smash

6. fringeverb

   an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels

   Synonyms:
   outer boundary, periphery, interference fringe, outskirt, bang

7. fringeverb

   adorn with a fringe

   "The weaver fringed the scarf"

8. fringeverb

   decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe

   "fur fringed the hem of the dress"

Matched Categories

1. • Adorn
   • Border
   • City District
   • Hairdo
   • Handicraft
   • Optical Phenomenon
   • Social Group

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. fringenoun

   Synonyms:
   edging, margin, confine, border, fimbriation

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "fringe":

   incidental, spin-off, bangs, margin, ancillary, social, collateral, brink, edge, periphery

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1. Wasserman Schultz:

   Any opportunity they can to pull people’s eyes and ears away from that they take, the right-wing media circus fringe has immediately focused not on this run-of-the-mill investigation just reporting the facts, but jumped to outrageous egregious conclusions that they were trying to, that they have ties to terrorists and that they were stealing data.

2. Bernadette Johnson of DrillingInfo:

   These fringe areas, like the Austin Chalk, could be the next big thing.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   The Democratic nominee’s taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over one of America’s two major political parties.

4. Richard Blumenthal:

   What we are seeing repeatedly - and these nominations are part of a pattern - is the administration's attempts to radically re-shape our judiciary and remake the bench in the image of the far-right fringe of the Republican Party.

5. Detroit Police Chief James Craig:

   We suport free speech, we support social justice, but are we encouraging, we make reckless statements like that, to create criminal behavior? is she truly representing the people, or is she representing a fringe group?