“adjacent”

Definitions

• adjective

  nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

  Synonyms: next, side by side, abutting, adjoining, attached, bordering, closest, connected, connecting, consecutive, conterminous, contiguous

  • Example:“… had adjacent rooms”
  • Example:“in the next room”

• adjective

  having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

  Synonyms: conterminous, contiguous, neighboring, neighbouring

  • Example:“Rhode Island has two bordering states: Massachusetts and Connecticut.”
  • Example:“the side of Germany conterminous with France”

• adjective

  near or close to but not necessarily touching

  • Example:“lands adjacent to the mountains”
  • Example:“New York and adjacent cities”