marginal

marginal is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a margin. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to a margin.
2. adjective. Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.
3. adjective. at or constituting a border or edge

   "the marginal strip of beach"

   Synonyms: fringy

4. adjective. of questionable or minimal quality

   "borderline grades"

   "marginal writing ability"

   Synonyms: borderline

5. adjective. producing at a rate that barely covers production costs

   "marginal industries"

6. adjective. just barely adequate or within a lower limit

   "a bare majority"

   "a marginal victory"

   Synonyms: bare

Synonyms

fringy, borderline, bare

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in marginal:

alarming

Common word forms

marginals, marginally, marginalise, marginality, marginalize

Words from these letters

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