Synonyms for adjoining
- adjective
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Adjective
adjacent, contiguous, neighboring US, neighbouring UK, abutting, bordering, near, coterminous, concomitant
Definitions
- adj. 1
Being in contact at some point or line; joining to.
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To add is to increase by adjoining or uniting: in distinction from multiply, which is to increase by repeating.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- adjacent Lukas's living room was adjacent to the kitchen.
- bordering Ziri purchased a cabin bordering a thick forest.
- contiguous I just acquired some land that's contiguous to your farm.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| adjoining | falling | |
| adjacent | falling | |
| bordering | falling | |
| contiguous | falling | |
| abutting | falling | |
| concomitant | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- near1
- 8 letters
- adjacent3, abutting3
- 9 letters
- bordering3
- 10 letters
- contiguous4
- 11 letters
- neighboring3, concomitant4, coterminous
- 12 letters
- neighbouring3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (adjacent3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- mitoyen