conterminous

con·ter·mi·nous

adjective \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

Rhymes with CONTERMINOUS

coterminous