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bordering
| Main Entry: |
bordering
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | next to |
| Synonyms: | abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bounding, edging, near, neighboring, next door, on the edge of, skirting, touching |
| Antonyms: | apart, far, faraway, separate |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
| Main Entry: | adjacent |
| 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: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near |
| Synonyms: | adjacent, bordering, close together, contiguous, nearby, neighboring |
| Antonyms: | away, far |
| Main Entry: | contiguous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adjacent, in contact |
| Synonyms: | abutting, adjoining, approximal, beside, bordering, close, contactual, conterminous, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, meeting, near, near-at-hand, nearby, neighboring, next, next door to, next to, touching |
| Antonyms: | divided, separated |
| Main Entry: | marginal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | borderline; slight |
| Synonyms: | bordering, insignificant, low, minimal, minor, negligible, on the edge, peripheral, rimming, small, verging |
| Antonyms: | central, core, interior, internal |
| Main Entry: | near |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close by physically |
| Synonyms: | abreast, abutting, adjacent, adjoining, along toward, alongside, approximal, around, at close quarters, available, beside, bordering, burning, close, close shave, close-at-hand, close-by, conterminous, contiguous, convenient, hair's breadth, handy, immediate, in close proximity, near-at-hand, nearby, neighboring, next door, nigh, not remote, practically, proximal, proximate, ready, side-by-side, touching, vincinal, warm*, within stone's throw |
| Antonyms: | away, distant, far, remote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conterminous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a common boundary |
| Synonyms: | adjacent, bordering, contiguous, proximal |
| Main Entry: | neighboring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adjacent |
| Synonyms: | abutting, adjoining, beside, bordering, close, near, nearby, next door |
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