Antonyms for frontier

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fruhn-teer, fron-; also, esp. British, fruhn-teer

Phonetic Transcription : frʌnˈtɪər, frɒn-; also, esp. British, ˈfrʌn tɪər

Definition of frontier

Origin : c.1400, from Old French frontier "prow of a ship, front rank of an army" (13c.), noun use of adjective frontier "facing, neighboring," from front "brow" (see front (n.)).
Originally the front line of an army, sense of "borderland" is first attested early 15c. In reference to North America, from 1670s; later with a specific sense:
What is the frontier? ... In the census reports it is treated as the margin of that settlement which has a density of two or more to the square mile. [F.J. Turner, "The Frontier in American History," 1920]
Frontiersman is from 1782.

noun boundary
noun unexplored, unoccupied area of land

Example sentences :

The agitations and vexations of other governments stop at the Austrian frontier.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

They may throw a sidelight on the great drama of frontier war.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Thence we have followed it to Mardan and across the frontier.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Thus the Mohmands cross the frontier and the action of Shabkadr is fought.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

The dead man, they said, had desired to be buried across the frontier.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

The situation was, however, complicated by the proximity of the Afghan frontier.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

To effect this object, an alteration of the French frontier is indispensable.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

On the 28th of May we reached the frontier of Lytokitok, the south-eastern boundary of Masailand.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

Taylor concentrated his men at Corpus Christi, near the frontier.
Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle

I had with me, in the capacity of soldier-servant, a Cossack of the frontier army.
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

Synonyms for frontier

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