Borderline
Borderline adjective - Located at or near a border.
Usage example: a borderline region that is claimed by both countries
Middle is an antonym for borderline.
Nearby Words: border, borderland
Middle
Middle adjective - Occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes.
Borderline is an antonym for middle.
How words are described
| tragic | tragic borderline | tragic middle |
Both words in one sentence
- Grexzol from Second Empire is a borderline senile, Cloud Cuckoolander Dalek working in menial positions in the Ziragalen fortress, rummaging for otaku memorabilia in the middle of an attack.
Source: Almighty Janitor - The college Co-Eds in the first part are a very borderline example, being mostly typical upper-middle class American teenagers.
Source: Literature / Paladin of Shadows - In the first Tiger & Bunny audio drama, Tomoe refers to Kotetsu by his full name - Mysterious Middle Initial and all - in order to show her displeasure at his borderline-delinquent antics.
Source: Full Name Ultimatum
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Middle and Borderline. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/borderline/middle
Borderline & Middle. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/borderline/middle>.
Middle or Borderline. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/borderline/middle.
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