frontier
Syllables: fron·tierUK/ˈfɹʌntɪə//fɹʌnˈtɪɹ/
frontier noun: the part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
Noun
frontier (plural frontiers)
- The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
- the frontier of civilization
- For two years the Easterner had been searching for his lost brother, at trading posts and Army forts all along the frontier.1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, War Shirt; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 107
- Synonyms:
- march, marches, border, marchland, borderland
- The most advanced or recent version of something; the leading edge.
- Near-synonyms: vanguard, state of the art
- the frontier of solid state electronics
- Synonyms:
- vanguard, state of the art
- An outwork of a fortification.
- thou hast talk'd. Of sallies and retires, of trenches, tents,
Of palisadoes, frontiers, parapetsc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- thou hast talk'd. Of sallies and retires, of trenches, tents,
Verb
frontier (third-person singular simple present frontiers, present participle frontiering, simple past and past participle frontiered)
- To live as pioneers on frontier territory.
- To place on the frontier.
- now that it is no more a Border, nor frontiered with Enemies, why should such Privileges be any more continued?1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...
Proper noun capitalized: Frontier
Frontier
- An unincorporated community in Woodbridge Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota, located on the Canadian border.
- A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A rural municipality on the US border in south-west Saskatchewan, which includes the village; in full, the Rural Municipality of Frontier No. 19.
frontier meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
frontier in Hindi
- part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
- सीमा sīmā, सरहद sarhad, सीमांचल sīmāñcal
frontier in Tamil
- எல்லை, வளர்முகப்பு, எல்லைப் புறம்
frontier in Urdu
- part of a country that fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region
- سَرحَد sarhad
frontier in Bengali
- সীমান্ত, দেশের সীমান্ত, ফ্রণ্টের
More languagesFewer languages
- frontier in Malayalam
- അതിര്, അതിരിലുള്ള, അതിർത്തിദേശം, പര്യന്തം
- frontier in Kannada
- ಗಡಿ, ಎಲ್ಲೆ, ಸರಹದ್ದು, ಸೀಮಾರೇಖೆ
- frontier in Punjabi
- ਸਰਹੱਦ sarhadda
- frontier in Sanskrit
- मर्यादा maryā́dā
- frontier in Arabic
- حَدّ ḥadd, حُدُود ḥudūd
- frontier in Indonesian
- padan, sempadan
- frontier in Persian
- مرز marz, سرحد sarhad
- Dzongkha
- མཚམས mtshams, ཁྲ་ཡི་ན khra yi na
Examples of frontier in a sentence
- It was a wide open frontier town before the railroad came.
- The soldiers turned back all the refugees at the frontier.
- The Homestead Acts allowed millions of settlers to populate unclaimed land and manifest destiny out on the frontier.
Synonyms of frontier
Forms of frontier
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | frontiers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | frontiers |
| present participle | frontiering |
| past participle | frontiered |
| past | frontiered |
Origin of frontier
From Middle English frounter, from Old French fronter (whence Modern French frontière), from front.
Words formed from frontier
- cyberfrontier
- efficient frontier
- e-frontier
- final frontier
- frontier AI
- frontier artificial intelligence
- Frontier County
- frontierism
- frontierist
- frontierless
- frontierlike
- frontierman
- frontier orbital
- frontiersman
- frontiersperson
- frontierswoman
- frontierwoman
- high frontier
- last frontier
- New Frontier
- nonfrontier
- Pareto frontier
- portfolio frontier
- scientific frontier
- transfrontier
Phrases with frontier
Words that rhyme with frontier
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about frontier
- What does frontier mean?
- Frontier means the part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
- What is frontier in Hindi?
- Frontier in Hindi is सीमा (sīmā), सरहद (sarhad), सीमांचल (sīmāñcal). See Frontier meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is frontier?
- Frontier can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce frontier?
- Frontier is pronounced /ˈfɹʌntɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of frontier?
- The plural of frontier is frontiers.
Words near frontier in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: frontier (page history and authors); Frontier (page history and authors); frontier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frontier (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frontier (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frontier (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸਰਹੱਦ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); मर्यादा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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