Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brink

3 senses of brink

Sense 1
brink, threshold, verge -- (a region marking a boundary)
       => boundary, edge, bound -- (a line determining the limits of an area)

Sense 2
brink -- (the edge of a steep place)
       => edge, border -- (the boundary of a surface)

Sense 3
verge, brink -- (the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy")
       => limit, bound, boundary -- (the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability")