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edgenoun a harsh or sharp qualitythe teacher's voice had a sarcastic edge as she welcomed the tardy student to class acerbity, acidity, acidness, acridity, acridness, acrimoniousness, acrimony, acuteness, asperity, bite, bitterness, harshness, keenness, poignance, poignancy, pungency, roughness, sharpness, tartness ginger, punch, spice, tangraucousness, severeness, severity, shrillness, virulence, vitriolcattiness, maliciousnesspointedness, thorniness mildness, softness gentleness, kindliness the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of somethingthe design along the edge of the plate is badly worn border, borderline, bound, boundary, brim, circumference, compass, confines, edging, end, frame, fringe, hem, margin, perimeter, periphery, rim, skirt, skirting, verge ambitbrink, crest, curb, cusp, lipceiling, maximumdemarcation, extent, limitation, measure, mere, restriction, terminationborderland, frontier, march, outskirts, pale, selvagelapshore center, core, heartinner, inside, interior, middle, within the more favorable condition or position in a competitionmy big feet give me something of an edge in swimming advantage, better, bulge, catbird seat, drop, high ground, inside track, jump, pull, stead, upper hand, vantage, whip hand allowance, head start, lead, leg up, margin, odds, startascendancy(also ascendency), command, dominance, mastery, predominance, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, transcendencyprecedence, preference, prerogative, privilege, senioritybreak, foothold, opportunitybenefit, blessing, boon, felicity, godsend, manna, windfall coign of vantage disadvantage, drawback, handicap, liability, minus, penalty, strike detriment, strangleholddisparity, imbalance, inequality, unevennessdisability, failing, impairment, shortcomingbar, catch, check, clog, crimp, embarrassment, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, rub, shackle, stop, trammellurch, setback the power to produce a desired resultthe utter lack of enforcement provisions totally blunts the edge of the law effectiveness, effectualness, efficaciousness, efficacity, efficacy, efficiency, productiveness ability, capability, capacitypotency, puissance, strength ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficiency inability, inadequacy, inadequateness, incompetence, incompetency an interval of time just before the onset of somethingthe nation's economy was on the edge of collapse when the Federal Reserve took exceptionally bold action brink, cusp, point, threshold, verge nick to make sharp or sharperif you edge the tip of that stick, it should be a fine skewer for roasting marshmallows grind, hone, sharpen, stone, strop, whet file blunt, dull buff, burnish, gloss, polish, round, smooth to serve as a border forpavement edging the flower bed border, bound, frame, fringe, margin, rim, skirt hem, trimcircumscribe, define, delineate, demarcate, outline, silhouette, sketch, tracecircle, compass, encircle, enclose(also inclose), environ, girdle, girth, loop, ring, round, surround, wallcheck, confine, control, curb, limit, restrain, restrict before the 12th century |