Synonyms of abutting

abutting 1 of 2

adjective

ə-ˈbə-tiŋ 

as in adjacent

having a border in common

the new neighbors promptly erected fences between their property and the abutting properties

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjacent
• adjoining
• neighboring
• bordering
• closest
• contiguous
• joining
• flanking
• conterminous
• united
• attached
• juxtaposed
• close
• touching
• fringing
• nearest
• nearby
• flush
• near
• connected
• connecting
• surrounding
• linked
• verging
• skirting
• next-door
• communicating
• encircling
• joined
• approximate
• fencing
• peripheral
• nigh
• embracing
• bounding
• marginal
• enclosing
• immediate
• interconnecting
• circumjacent
• tangential
• encompassing
• ambient
• tangent
• rimming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

abutting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of abut

as in adjoining

to be adjacent to

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjoining
• joining
• flanking
• surrounding
• neighboring
• touching
• marching (with)
• skirting
• bordering (on)
• fringing
• lining
• encircling
• meeting
• butting (on or against)
• connecting (with)
• verging (on)
• bounding
• attaching (to)
• enclosing
• communicating (with)
• linking (with)
• contacting
• converging
• embracing
• fencing
• rimming
• margining

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of abutting

Verb

An abutting creek swamped his property with waters 3 to 4 feet (91 centimeters to 122 centimeters) deep and destroyed the oldest part of the mill next to his home. — ABC News, 30 July 2026

Directly abutting the northern end of the state beach, the property was purchased last year for $10 million by the Peninsula Open Space Trust, an environmental group based in Palo Alto, from the family of Walter Bridge. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Even greater privacy is afforded into the future by its abutting the 140 acres of Sherrif’s Meadow conservation land. — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Set on 12 acres abutting Carson National Forest in Abiquiu, the property has three kiva fireplaces, radiant heated floors, and a private box canyon to explore—which is an incredible selling point on its own. — Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 29 June 2026

Like on the par-4 14th hole Monday, when her usual left-to-right ball flight with the driver went in the opposite direction and sailed into a hillside abutting the fairway. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026

This is a 3,000-acre working farm, and the landscape varies from pastures to forest to river canyon, all abutting the sea. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2026

The result can be seen in Al-Mina camp, a tent city abutting Obeid’s northern entrance that is now hosting no fewer than 49,000 people, with more coming by the day, said Mounir Ibrahim, a social researcher with the government. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026

The stage for a public ferry comeback was set in the 2000s, as new Lower Manhattan parks brought foot traffic to the waterfront and residential growth soared in river-abutting neighborhoods like Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Dumbo and Long Island City. — Julia Press, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026