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

1 sense of outskirts

Sense 1
outskirts -- (outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd")
       => section -- (a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section")

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

1 sense of outskirt

Sense 1
outskirt, fringe -- (a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city")
       => city district -- (a district of a town or city)