Adjacent

//əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt//

Synonyms for "adjacent" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

abutting adjoining contiguous juxtaposed neighboring attached bordering close

Adjective(2 words)

abutting adjoining

Strong matches (14)

close-by closest connected connecting consecutive conterminous convenient coterminous end to end endways endwise

Adjective(2 words)

conterminous contiguous

Adjective(1 words)

contiguous

Related words (24)

face to face flush handy immediate joined juxtapositional juxtapositive linked near nearby nearest neighbor next present side by side successive surrounding touching

Adjective(2 words)

juxtaposed near

Adjective(4 words)

neighboring neighbouring next side by side

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

apart

Synonyms

7 entries

abutting adjoining contiguous juxtaposed near neighboring side by side

derived

11 entries

adjacency adjacent angle adjacently adjacentness circumadjacent coadjacent comic-adjacent fetish-adjacent nonadjacent subadjacent unadjacent

distinct from

2 entries

distant nonadjacent

has context

1 entries

related to

15 entries

adjace adjacency adjacent to adjacently after before beside bordering contiguous facing hypotenuse neighboring next to opposite right triangle

similar

5 entries

close connected near nigh

Translations

98 translations across 37 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

مُجَاوِر adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
مُجَاوِر adj (just before, after, or facing)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

bitişik adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
yanaşıq adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Basque

4 entries

alboan adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
aldamenean adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
aldean adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
ondoan adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Bengali

3 entries

লাগোয়া adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
সংলগ্ন adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
সন্নিহিত adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Bulgarian

4 entries

близък adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
допиращ се adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
съседен adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
съседен adj (just before, after, or facing)

Catalan

1 entries

adjacent adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

鄰近的 /邻近的 adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Czech

2 entries

přilehlý adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
přilehlý adj (just before, after, or facing)

Danish

3 entries

tilliggende adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
tilstødende adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
ved siden af adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Dutch

4 entries

aangrenzend adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
aanliggend adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
aanpalend adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
aanpalend adj (just before, after, or facing)

Esperanto

2 entries

apuda adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
najbara adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Finnish

2 entries

viereinen adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
viereinen adj (just before, after, or facing)

French

1 entries

adjacent adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Galician

2 entries

adxacente adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
contiguo adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

German

4 entries

adjazent adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
anliegend adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
benachbart adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
daneben adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Hungarian

2 entries

mellette lévő adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
szomszédos adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Ido

1 entries

adjacanta adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Italian

2 entries

adiacente adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
adiacente adj (just before, after, or facing)

Japanese

3 entries

ではんばかりな adj ((postpositive) suggestive of, bordering on)
らしい adj ((postpositive) suggestive of, bordering on)
隣接 adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Malayalam

2 entries

തൊട്ടടുത്ത adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
തൊട്ടടുത്ത adj (just before, after, or facing)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠠᡩᠠᡴᡳ adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Māori

4 entries

kāpīpiti adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
piritaha adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
pātata adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
tūtata adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Norwegian

4 entries

etterfølgende adj (just before, after, or facing)
foregående adj (just before, after, or facing)
forutgående adj (just before, after, or facing)
følgende adj (just before, after, or facing)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

tilstøtende adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Occitan

1 entries

adjacent adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Persian

2 entries

مجاور adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
همسایه adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Polish

2 entries

przylegający adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
przyległy adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Portuguese

2 entries

adjacente adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
adjacente adj (just before, after, or facing)

Romanian

1 entries

adiacent adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Russian

4 entries

прилега́ющий adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
прилега́ющий adj (just before, after, or facing)
примыка́ющий adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
сосе́дний adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

dlùth adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Slovak

4 entries

priľahlý adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
priľahlý adj (just before, after, or facing)
susedný adj (just before, after, or facing)
vedľajší adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Spanish

3 entries

adyacente adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
colindante adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
contiguo adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Swedish

2 entries

angränsande adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
intilliggande adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Tagalog

1 entries

tabi adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Venetan

1 entries

adiaxente adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Vietnamese

4 entries

bên cạnh adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
liền adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)
liền adj (just before, after, or facing)
nối adj (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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France is adjacent to Spain.

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The stadium is adjacent to the school.

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The lake was adjacent to his house.

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My home town is adjacent to the ocean.

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