adjacent

Main Entry:
adjacent [uh-jey-suhnt]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: next to, abutting
Synonyms: adjoining, alongside, beside, bordering, close, close by, contiguous, near, neighboring, next door, touching
Notes: adjacent means next to but not necessarily connected with, while adjoining means next to and connected - adjacent rooms are separated by a wall, adjoining are connected by a common door; things are adjacent when they are side by side, they are adjoining when they share a common boundary and adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between
Antonyms: apart, away, detached, disconnected, distant, far, faraway, nonadjacent, remote, separate
Main Entry: adjoining
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: being next to
Synonyms: abutting, adjacent, approximal, bordering on, connecting, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, impinging, interconnecting, joined, joining, juxtaposed, near, neighboring, next door, touching, verging
Notes: adjacent means next to but not necessarily connected with, while adjoining means next to and connected - adjacent rooms are separated by a wall, adjoining are connected by a common door; things are adjacent when they are side by side, they are adjoining when they share a common boundary and adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between
Antonyms: detached, divided, separate
Main Entry: against
Part of Speech: preposition
Definition: opposite to
Synonyms: across, adjacent, con, contra, contrary to, counter to, facing, in contrast to, in opposition to, opposed to, opposing, versus, vs
Main Entry: along
Part of Speech: adverb
Definition: near
Synonyms: adjacent, at, by
Antonyms: far
Main Entry: approximate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: near
Synonyms: adjacent, bordering, close together, contiguous, nearby, neighboring
Antonyms: away, far
Main Entry: close
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: near, nearby
Synonyms: abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, convenient, give or take a little, handy, hard by, immediate, imminent, impending, in spitting distance, in the ball park, near-at-hand, nearest, nearly, neighboring, next, nigh, proximate, under one's nose, warm
Antonyms: away, beyond, detached, far, faraway
Main Entry: convenient
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: nearby
Synonyms: accessible, adjacent, adjoining, all around, at elbows, at fingertips, at hand, available, central, close, close at hand, close-by, contiguous, easy to reach, handy, immediate, in neighborhood, next, next door, nigh, on deck, on tap, under one's nose, within reach
Antonyms: distant, far, inconvenient, out-of-the-way, unavailable
Main Entry: handy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: nearby
Synonyms: accessible, adjacent, at hand, available, close, close by, close-at-hand, convenient, near, near-at-hand, on hand, ready, within reach
Antonyms: faraway, inconveniently, unhandy
Main Entry: immediate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: near, next
Synonyms: adjacent, close, contiguous, direct, firsthand, near-at-hand, nearby, nearest, nigh, primary, proximal, proximate, recent
Antonyms: away, distant, far
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