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Synonyms for abutting

  • adjective

Most common

adjacent adjoining

All synonyms

Adjective

adjacent, adjoining

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Facing each other, front to front.

Choose the right word

or Abutting?

Abutting refers rather to the end of one building or estate than to the neighborhood of another.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • adjacent Lukas's living room was adjacent to the kitchen.
  • adjoining We could hear people talking in the adjoining room.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
abuttingfalling
adjacentfalling
adjoiningfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters
adjacent3
9 letters
adjoining3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (adjacent3 = 3 syllables).