verge

/vˈɝdʒ/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a region marking a boundary
2. the limit beyond which something happens or changes
   “on the verge of tears”
3. a ceremonial or emblematic staff
4. a grass border along a road

verb

1. border on; come close to
   “His behavior verges on the criminal”

Synonyms for verge

• brink
• threshold
• scepter
• sceptre
• wand

Words that rhyme with verge

• purge
• surge
• scourge
• emerge
• urge
• converge
• diverge
• splurge
• submerge
• merge
• upsurge
• dirge
• serge
• spurge
• berge
• birge
• burdge
• reemerge
• virge