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Adjacent

🔄 Synonyms of "Adjacent"

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WordDefinition
closenoun(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
contiguousConnected; touching; abutting.
nearverbPhysically close.
connectedHaving relationships; involved with others.
adjoiningBeing in contact at some point or line; joining to
nextnounNearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
abuttingnounabutment
conterminousAlternative form of coterminous. [Meeting end to end or at the ends.]
borderingnounHaving a common boundary or border
side by sidenoun(literally) Beside or alongside one another; close to one another and abreast.

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WordDefinition
adjoiningBeing in contact at some point or line; joining to
contiguousConnected; touching; abutting.
side by sideAlternative spelling of side-by-side. [Adjacent; juxtaposed.]
nextNearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
conterminousAlternative form of coterminous. [Meeting end to end or at the ends.]
abuttingverbFacing each other, front to front.
nearPhysically close.
connectedverbHaving relationships; involved with others.
closeHaving little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
borderingverbHaving a common boundary or border
adjacencynounThe quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.
vicinitynounNeighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.
proximitynounCloseness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship.
proximateClose or closest; adjacent.
neighbournounA person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.
neighboring(American spelling) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
parallelnounEqually distant from one another at all points.
nearbyAdjacent, near, close by.
subsidiarySecondary or subordinate.
peripheralUnimportant.

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