adjoining

adjective

ad·join·ing ə-ˈjȯi-niŋ

Synonyms of adjoining next

: touching or bounding at a point or line

Choose the Right Synonym for adjoining

adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed mean being in close proximity.

adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between.

a house with an adjacent garage

adjoining definitely implies meeting and touching at some point or line.

had adjoining rooms at the hotel

contiguous implies having contact on all or most of one side.

offices in all 48 contiguous states

juxtaposed means placed side by side especially so as to permit comparison and contrast.

a skyscraper juxtaposed to a church

Example Sentences

the cows had broken through the fence and were grazing in the adjoining field

Recent Examples on the Web The Conservative Partnership Institute, as the nonprofit is known, now controls four commercial properties along a single Pennsylvania Avenue block, three adjoining rowhouses around the corner, and a garage and carriage house in the rear alley. —

Paul Schwartzman, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023 The Conservative Partnership Institute, as the nonprofit is known, now controls four commercial properties along a single Pennsylvania Avenue block, three adjoining rowhouses around the corner, and a garage and carriage house in the rear alley. —

Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023 The Conservative Partnership Institute, as the nonprofit is known, now controls four commercial properties along a single Pennsylvania Avenue block, three adjoining rowhouses around the corner, and a garage and carriage house in the rear alley. —

BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023 Cubbies in the adjoining play space display books and hide toys, while a play table is ready for crafting. Play table and side table: Crate & Barrel. —

Marni Elyse Katz, House Beautiful, 14 Mar. 2023 The second floor boasts a primary bedroom with an adjoining marble bathroom and dressing room, as well as three additional bedrooms with dressing rooms and a second kitchen, while a third kitchen is nestled on the third floor. —

Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023 Tellez's homer actually one-hopped the back fence and landed on the adjoining practice field. —

Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2023 Investigators the on scene found a single bullet had gone through a bedroom window and through a bedroom wall before becoming lodged in an adjoining bathroom, according to police. —

Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023 The company has also been acquiring adjoining old buildings in the Kowloon area for a residential renewal project, including a HK$1.2 billion purchase last September. —

Gloria Haraito, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023 See More

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