buffer zone

Questions about buffer zone

What is another word for buffer zone?

It depends which buffer zone you mean. In the sense “a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict”, the synonyms are buffer. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of buffer zone?

WordNet records no antonym for buffer zone. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for buffer zone come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of buffer zone

• Full entry for buffer zoneAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for buffer zoneWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.