Extent and Frontier

Extent

Extent noun - An area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends.

Usage example: the extent of this criminal investigation has widened considerably since it began

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Frontier and extent are semantically related in limit topic. In some cases you can use "Frontier" instead a noun "Extent", when it comes to topics like boundary.

Nearby Words: extend, extension

Frontier

Frontier noun - A region along the dividing line between two countries.

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Synonyms for Frontier

Antonyms for Frontier

Extent and frontier are semantically related in limit topic. Sometimes you can use "Extent" instead a noun "Frontier", if it concerns topics such as boundary.

Nearby Word: frontiersman

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How words are described

full	full extent	full frontier
true	true extent	true frontier
obvious	obvious extent	obvious frontier
small	small extent	small frontier
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, dangerous.

Both words in one sentence

Space Western: Although, oddly, there is no actual 'frontier' per se - every planet that can be visited is settled, civilized, and to at least some extent policed.

Source: Video Game / Oolite
The frontier as a whole was traditionally viewed (and still is viewed, to some extent) as the meeting place of civilization and the unknown.

Source: Weird West
End of an Era: Cooper's frontier novels to a large extent reflect the devastating impact of the advance of white civilization on traditional Native American culture and the landscape and wildlife.

Source: Literature / The Leatherstocking Tales