Need another word that means the same as “demarcate”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “demarcate” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Demarcate” are: delimit, delimitate, separate, divide, mark, mark off, mark out, distinguish, differentiate, delineate
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “demarcate” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| delimit | Determine the limits or boundaries of. Agreements delimiting fishing zones. |
| delimitate | Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something. |
| delineate | Indicate the exact position of (a border or boundary. His finger found a precisely outlined section delineated in red marker. |
| differentiate | Make (someone or something) appear different or distinct. The receptors are developed and differentiated into sense organs. |
| distinguish | Manage to discern (something barely perceptible. It was too dark to distinguish anything more than their vague shapes. |
| divide | Separate (something) into portions and share out among a number of people. 30 does not divide by 8. |
| mark | Put a check mark on or near or next to. His brand of theatrical pop has marked him as one of modern music s most innovative talents. |
| mark off | Be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense. |
| mark out | Designate as if by a mark. |
| separate | Become separated into pieces or fragments. The couple separated after 25 years of marriage. |
| border | A district near the border between two areas. She stitched a border on to one of the plain white saris. |
| boundary | A hit crossing the limits of the field, scoring four or six runs. A boundary wall. |
| circumscribe | Restrict or confine. The minister s powers are circumscribed both by tradition and the organization of local government. |
| confine | Deprive of freedom take into confinement. He was confined to bed for four days with a bad dose of flu. |
| continuum | A continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other, but the extremes are quite distinct. A continuum of special educational needs. |
| curb | Restrain a horse by means of a curb. Both men were instinctively curbing their horses. |
| delimit | Determine the essential quality of. Agreements delimiting fishing zones. |
| detain | Cause to be slowed down or delayed. She made to open the door but he detained her. |
| edge | Strike the ball with the edge of the bat strike a ball delivered by the bowler with the edge of the bat. Edge a blade. |
| encircle | Form or draw a circle around. Encircle the errors. |
| extent | The size or scale of something. An enclosure ten acres in extent. |
| finite | Of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person. Every computer has a finite amount of memory. |
| geographic | Of or relating to the science of geography. The north and south geographic poles. |
| insofar | To the degree or extent that. Insofar as it can be ascertained the horse lung is comparable to that of man. |
| limit | Place limits on extent or access. It is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight. |
| margin | Annotate or summarize a text in the margins. These he deals forth as the notable Matters margined for better Notice. |
| minimum | The lowest or smallest amount of a varying quantity (e.g. temperature) allowed, attained, or recorded. Minimum wage. |
| normalcy | Being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning. |
| parameter | A quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data. The parameters within which the media work. |
| periphery | The outside boundary or surface of something. New buildings on the periphery of the hospital site. |
| precinct | The police station situated in a precinct. At the precinct a desk sergeant ran through her ID. |
| range | Obtain the range of a target by adjustment after firing past it or short of it or by the use of radar or laser equipment. A wood burning kitchen range. |
| restrain | Keep under control; keep in check. Amiss had to restrain his impatience. |
| restrict | Place under restrictions limit access to. At first the Americans tried to restrict news of their involvement in Vietnam. |
| restriction | The limitation or control of someone or something, or the state of being restricted. Planning restrictions on commercial development. |
| rim | Run around the rim of. Rim a hat. |
| scope | A telescope microscope or other device having a name ending in scope. Such questions go beyond the scope of this book. |
| scrimp | Subsist on a meager allowance. Scratch and scrimp. |
| stint | Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities. He doesn t stint on wining and dining. |
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