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Roget's Thesaurus

#233. Limit

Nouns

limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone, but, pale, reservation; termination, terminus; stint, frontier, precinct, marches; backwoods. boundary line, landmark; line of demarcation, line of circumvallation; pillars of Hercules; Rubicon, turning point; ne plus ultra [Lat.]; sluice, floodgate.

Adjectives

definite; conterminate, conterminable; terminal, frontier; bordering.

Adverbs

thus far, thus far and no further.

Phrases

stick to the reservation; go beyond the pale.


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