adjacency

noun

ad·​ja·​cen·​cy ə-ˈjā-sᵊn(t)-sē 

plural adjacencies

1

: something that is adjacent

2

: the quality or state of being adjacent : contiguity

Synonyms

• closeness
• contiguity
• immediacy
• nearness
• propinquity
• proximity
• vicinity

Examples of adjacency in a Sentence

environmentalists are concerned about the proposed shopping plaza's adjacency to the river

Recent Examples on the Web

Meaningful adjacencies are all over Any Person: the journal as paratext to the life, the energy in being physically near other people, the reality and unreality of fiction. —Hazlitt, 12 June 2024

Now, society may have evolved to a point where an African American pop queen's ability to naturally fall into a secure, sustainable place in country music – a genre with which she's always had a natural adjacency – has finally arrived. —USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024

Some gaps may persist amid current talent, so shrewd hiring teams will spot adjacent skill adjacencies to develop further after onboarding high-potential CAIOs. —Mark Minevich, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024

From his garage to room after room, the house is packed with the detritus of fame adjacency. —Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin adjacentia, going back to Late Latin, "adherence," noun derivative of Latin adjacent-, adjacens adjacent

First Known Use

1640, in the meaning defined at sense 2