outskirts

Meaning

Noun

The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of outskirt

outskirt

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

suburbs

environs

suburb

surroundings

periphery

edge

fringe

vicinity

margin

fields

hem

house

🏠

neighborhood

neighbourhood

nook

open air

provinces

purlieu

rand

residential district

shantytown

skirt

suburbia

tip

verge

vicinage

in the vicinity of

in the area of

rundown district

surrounding area

outlying district

around

the outlying districts

border

borderline

boundary

brink

circumference

end

🔚

extremes

extremity

Translations

banlieue

afueras

periferia

périphérie

Stadtrand

omtrek

cirkelomtrek

buitenkant

alentours

environs

rand

Vorstadt

periferie

πείχωρα

afores

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaʊtskɝts/

Etymology

From out- + skirts.