Synonyms of adjoining

adjoining 1 of 2

adjective

ə-ˈjȯi-niŋ 

as in adjacent

having a border in common

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

adjoining

2 of 2

verb

present participle of adjoin

1

as in neighboring

to be adjacent to

the bedroom of their apartment adjoins their neighbor's living room

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in adding

to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase

after the dictionary writer's talk, the principal adjoined a few remarks about her own love of words

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adding
• annexing
• appending
• expanding
• introducing
• tacking (on)
• attaching
• subjoining
• affixing
• inserting
• increasing
• augmenting
• extending
• enlarging
• tying
• injecting
• grafting
• fastening
• supplying
• multiplying
• complementing
• enhancing
• infusing
• escalating
• lengthening
• amplifying
• reinforcing
• compounding
• elongating
• swelling (up)
• intensifying
• supplementing
• prolonging
• tagging
• fixing
• heightening
• enforcing
• hitching
• interfusing
• strengthening
• boosting
• protracting
• maximizing
• magnifying
• raising
• aggrandizing
• beefing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• removing
• separating
• deducting
• subtracting
• taking off
• detaching
• disconnecting
• cutting
• knocking off
• reducing
• severing
• abating
• decreasing
• excising
• contracting
• diminishing
• lowering
• bating
• lessening
• disjoining
• curtailing
• shortening
• unfastening
• amputating
• abridging
• condensing
• cutting back
• compressing
• lopping (off)
• constricting
• abbreviating
• retrenching

Synonym Chooser

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

Some common synonyms of adjoining are adjacent, contiguous, and juxtaposed. While all these words mean "being in close proximity," adjoining definitely implies meeting and touching at some point or line.

had adjoining rooms at the hotel

Where would adjacent be a reasonable alternative to adjoining?

While in some cases nearly identical to adjoining, 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 is contiguous a more appropriate choice than adjoining?

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

offices in all 48 contiguous states

When might juxtaposed be a better fit than adjoining?

In some situations, the words juxtaposed and adjoining are roughly equivalent. However, juxtaposed means placed side by side especially so as to permit comparison and contrast.

a skyscraper juxtaposed to a church

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of adjoining

Adjective

Pullinsi bought the adjoining Forum Theatre in 1972, the Chicago Public Library account noted. —Adam Harrington, CBS News, 20 May 2026

Ahmed’s family of ten—the couple has seven children, and also cares for Ahmed’s elderly father—lives in two adjoining caravans made of metal sheets. —Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026

Verb

The rest hail from all over, and while the city’s cultural pull makes leisure guests the large majority, the huge gardens and event spaces like the Conventino, a deconsecrated 19th century church adjoining Palazzo del Nero, mean that the hotel is a popular venue too for social and corporate events. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026

Julian lords over not one but two swanky adjoining townhouses stuffed with antiques. —Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026