What does "adjacent" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "adjacent"?

Common synonyms include: abutting, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, neighboring, abutting.

Pronounced //əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt//.

//əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt// adj, noun, prep

adj, noun, prep ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
"Again, the key colors have twice the area of the adjacents."

Adjective

1
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on. not-comparable
"Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room."
2
Just before, after, or facing. not-comparable
"The picture is on the adjacent page."
3
Related to; suggestive of; bordering on. figuratively, not-comparable, postpositional
"It would be false to suggest CBD is nothing more than an obsession for reiki-adjacent bicoastal millennials."

Adjective

1
near or close to but not necessarily touching wordnet
2
nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space wordnet
3
having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching wordnet

Preposition

1
Next to; beside.
"The house adjacent to the school was demolished."
2
Related to; suggestive of; bordering on. figuratively
"While Amazon has increasingly become a one-stop shop for some people, we’re also seeing a large proliferation of online companies looking to connect with users wherever they happen to be spending the most time, whether that’s on a social media platform, or on a site that caters to interests adjacent to the businesses’s own — and most importantly not necessarily on the company’s own web properties."