adjacent

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
2. (not-comparable) Just before, after, or facing.
3. (figuratively, not-comparable, postpositional) 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

1. Next to; beside.
2. (figuratively) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.

Opposite of

apart, distant, nonadjacent

Synonyms

near

neighbouring

neighboring

contiguous

close

nearby

adjoining

next

next to

adjoin

neighboring

neighbouring

proximate

surrounding

vicinal

conterminous

bordering

near-by

side by side

abutting

adjacency

approximate

beside

boundary line

by

handy

neighbor

proximal

related

juxtaposed

familiar

environing

near by

attiguous

neighborhood

enclosed

neighborly

neighbour

contiguity

neighbourly

connected

close together

nigh

propinquity

along

close to

proximity

adj

abut

circumjacent

Translations

adjacent

adyacente

adiacente

angrenzend

adjacente

contigu

contiguo

vicino

adjacent

contiguo

contíguo

anliegend

benachbart

aanliggend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“I lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“I lie down”).

Sentences

The committee also acquired adjacent acreage of naturally rolling terrain from other sources .

Adjacent to the Natchez campus of Alcorn State University is Copiah-Lincoln Community College .

The frequency offset between adjacent aliases is the sampling-rate, denoted by " f ".