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

5 senses of threshold

Sense 1
threshold -- (the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood")
       => beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset -- (the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her")

Sense 2
threshold, limen -- (the smallest detectable sensation)
       => sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum -- (an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch")

Sense 3
doorway, door, room access, threshold -- (the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway")
       => entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree -- (something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral")

Sense 4
doorsill, doorstep, threshold -- (the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway)
       => sill -- (structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure)

Sense 5
brink, threshold, verge -- (a region marking a boundary)
       => boundary, edge, bound -- (a line determining the limits of an area)