conterminous

con·ter·mi·nous

adj \kən-ˈtər-mə-nəs, kän-\

Definition of CONTERMINOUS

1

: having a common boundary <conterminous countries>

2

: coterminous

3

: enclosed within one common boundary <the 48 conterminous states>

— con·ter·mi·nous·ly adverb

Examples of CONTERMINOUS

1. <for two nations that are conterminous from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the U.S. and Canada have had remarkably little strife>
2. <the county and the school district are conterminous>

Origin of CONTERMINOUS

Latin conterminus, from com- + terminus boundary — more at term

First Known Use: 1631

Related to CONTERMINOUS

Synonyms: abutting, adjoining, bordering, adjacent, contiguous, flanking, flush, fringing, joining, juxtaposed, neighboring, skirting, touching, verging

Antonyms: nonadjacent, noncontiguous

Related Words: approximate, close, closest, immediate, near, nearby, nearest, next-door, nigh; attached, communicating, connected, connecting, interconnecting, joined, linked, united; bounding, circumjacent, embracing, encircling, enclosing (also inclosing), fencing, rimming, surrounding; marginal, peripheral, tangent, tangential; ambient, encompassing

Near Antonyms: apart, detached, disconnected, discrete, free-standing, isolate, isolated, removed, separate, single, unattached, unconnected, unlinked; away, distant, far, faraway, far-off, farthest, remote; discontinuous, noncontinuous; broken up, disjoined, dissevered, dissociated, disunited, divided, divorced, parted, ramified, resolved, severed, split, sundered, uncoupled, unyoked

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Rhymes with CONTERMINOUS

coterminous