Synonyms of abuts

abuts

verb

present tense third-person singular of abut

as in adjoins

to be adjacent to

our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjoins
• joins
• surrounds
• neighbors
• flanks
• touches
• borders (on)
• marches (with)
• fringes
• lines
• meets
• encircles
• skirts
• verges (on)
• encloses
• butts (on or against)
• connects (with)
• attaches (to)
• communicates (with)
• links (with)
• fences
• converges
• embraces
• margins
• bounds
• contacts
• rims

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of abuts

Once a working farm in the time of the gold rush, since 1962 the Greenhorn has been a place where the day is taken at a leisurely pace, where visitors soak in the 600 acres that abuts to 500,000 more acres of public land. —Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025

The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land. —Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025