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How is the word adjacent different from other adjectives like it?

Some common synonyms of adjacent are adjoining, contiguous, and juxtaposed. While all these words 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

When could adjoining be used to replace adjacent?

While in some cases nearly identical to adjacent, adjoining definitely implies meeting and touching at some point or line.

had adjoining rooms at the hotel

When would contiguous be a good substitute for adjacent?

While the synonyms contiguous and adjacent are close in meaning, contiguous implies having contact on all or most of one side.

offices in all 48 contiguous states

When can juxtaposed be used instead of adjacent?

Although the words juxtaposed and adjacent have much in common, juxtaposed means placed side by side especially so as to permit comparison and contrast.

a skyscraper juxtaposed to a church

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of adjacent Last week, news emerged that a series of nondescript LLCs have recently purchased at least 13 parcels at prices totaling more than $150 million in the areas directly adjacent to Burnham Yard and the Denver Water campus. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 16 June 2025 Kids roam the grounds alongside peacocks and parrots, while an on-property coworking space sits adjacent to a tempting infinity pool. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025 After a three-day vote that concluded Sunday morning, 95% of the membership of Unite Here Local 26, the Boston chapter of the hospitality workers’ union, voted to authorize a strike of more than 1,000 Aramark employees at Fenway and the adjacent MGM Music Hall. Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 15 June 2025 Risks and opportunities Of course, protest leaders cannot control everyone in or adjacent to the movement. Jeremy Pressman, The Conversation, 15 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for adjacent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjacent
adjoining
Adjective
  • Nieman and Johnson will accommodate vendor booths, food trucks and the adjoining beer festival.
    Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
  • Its bombs—dropped in the middle of working hours—severely damaged the adjoining Shahid Moghaddas judicial complex, where prisoners are dragged before malevolent magistrates and fed into the machinery of the Revolutionary Court.
    Siamak Namazi, Time, 25 June 2025

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“Adjacent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjacent. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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