adjacent
The word “adjacent” has 3 syllables: ad-ja-cent
It's pronounced as /əˈdʒeɪsənt/
What is synonym and antonym for adjacent?
In the thesaurus, “adjacent” has 46 synonyms and 39 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for adjacent along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for adjacent
- abutting
- adjoining
- ambient
- approximate
- attached
- bordering
- bounding
- circumjacent
- close
- closest
- communicating
- connected
- connecting
- conterminous
- contiguous
- embracing
- encircling
- enclosing
- encompassing
- fencing
- flanking
- flush
- fringing
- immediate
- inclosing
- interconnecting
- joined
- joining
- juxtaposed
- linked
- marginal
- near
- nearby
- nearest
- neighboring
- next-door
- nigh
- peripheral
- rimming
- skirting
- surrounding
- tangent
- tangential
- touching
- united
- verging
Antonyms for adjacent
- apart
- away
- broken up
- detached
- disconnected
- discontinuous
- discrete
- disjoined
- dissevered
- dissociated
- distant
- disunited
- divided
- divorced
- far
- far-off
- faraway
- farthest
- free-standing
- isolate
- isolated
- nonadjacent
- noncontiguous
- noncontinuous
- parted
- ramified
- remote
- removed
- resolved
- separate
- severed
- single
- split
- sundered
- unattached
- unconnected
- uncoupled
- unlinked
- unyoked
Meanings of adjacent
- noun
- Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
- adjective
- Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
- Just before, after, or facing.
- Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
- preposition
- Next to; beside.
- Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Example Sentences
- The restaurant is adjacent to the movie theater.
- They bought the adjacent lot to expand their garden.
- The hotel room was adjacent to the conference hall.
- The park is adjacent to several residential neighborhoods.
- His office is adjacent to the CEO’s suite.
On this page you'll find 85 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to adjacent, such as: abutting, adjoining, ambient, apart, approximate, attached, away.
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Related Words
ultraconvenient
- abutting
- accessible
- adjacent
- adjoining
- approachable
- attainable
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- reachable
about
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- in the ball park
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- rearward
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back-to-back
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near
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nearby
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