adjacent

Plural: adjacents

Adjective Satellite

• nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
  • "had adjacent rooms"
• having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
• near or close to but not necessarily touching
  • "lands adjacent to the mountains"
  • "New York and adjacent cities"

Adj

• Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
• Just before, after, or facing.
• Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.

Noun

• Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.

Prep

• Next to; beside.
• Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.

Examples

• "A notice was sent to the house adjacent the school."
• "Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room."
• "The house adjacent to the school was demolished."
• "The picture is on the adjacent page."

Synonyms

abutting, adjoining, conterminous, contiguous, juxtaposed, near, neighboring, next, side by side

Antonyms

apart, distant, nonadjacent

Anagrams of adjacent