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Threshold

🔄 Synonyms of "Threshold"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
vergenoun	An edge or border.
limennoun	A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response.
brinknoun	The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
doorwaynoun	The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.
doornoun	(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
doorsillnoun	The horizontal piece of material at the threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
doorstepnoun	(architecture) An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
room accessnoun	the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Threshold"

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Word	Definition
doorsillnoun	The horizontal piece of material at the threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
doorwaynoun	The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.
doorstepnoun	(architecture) An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
doornoun	(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
brinknoun	The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
limennoun	A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological response.
vergenoun	An edge or border.
room accessnoun	the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
floornoun	(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
gatewaynoun	A place regarded as giving access to somewhere.
sillnoun	(architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
ceilingnoun	The overhead closure of a room.
barnoun	A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
barriernoun	A structure that bars passage.
juncturenoun	A place where things join, a junction.
stoppernoun	Someone or something that stops something.
weirnoun	An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
triggernoun	(firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
rifflenoun	A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
cut-offnoun	Alternative spelling of cutoff. [The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.]