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neighboring
[ney-ber-ing] 
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neighbor
[ney-ber]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be next to |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, be adjacent, be contiguous, be near, be nearby, border, butt against, communicate, connect, join, line, march, surround, touch, verge |
| Main Entry: | abut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch or be next to something |
| Synonyms: | adjoin, be adjacent to, border on, butt against, join, neighbor |
| 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: | adjoin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be next to |
| Synonyms: | abut, approximate, be adjacent to, border, butt, communicate, connect, join, lie, lie beside, link, neighbor, touch, verge |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | detached, divided, separate |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near |
| Synonyms: | adjacent, bordering, close together, contiguous, nearby, neighboring |
| Antonyms: | away, far |
| Main Entry: | around |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | situated on sides, circumference, or in general area |
| Synonyms: | about, all over, any which way, encompassing, everywhere, in the vicinity, in this area, neighboring, over, throughout |
| Main Entry: | beside |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, preposition |
| Definition: | next to |
| Synonyms: | a step from, abreast of, adjacent to, adjoining, alongside, aside, at one's elbow, at the edge of, at the side of, bordering on, by, cheek by jowl, close at hand, close to, close upon, connected with, contiguous to, fornent, in juxtaposition, near, nearby, neck and neck, neighboring, next door to, nigh, opposite, overlooking, round, side by side, verging on, with |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, mark off, neighbor, outline, rim, set off, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge |
| Antonyms: | be inside, center |
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