CONTERMINOUS Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

conterminous

adjective

kən-ˈtər-mə-nəs

Definition of conterminous

as in adjacent

having a border in common for two nations that are conterminous from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the U.S. and Canada have had remarkably little strife

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as in coinciding

occupying the same space the county and the school district are conterminous

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Recent Examples of conterminous While there is no suggestion that deposit insurance might be abolished, the FDIC has become so conterminous with the concept that (unfounded) worries were quickly raised on social media about the safety of money in banks. — Felix Salmon, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025 According to the weather service, increased chances for above-normal temperatures are predicted across much of the central and eastern conterminous United States. — Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 1 Feb. 2024 Australia, the island continent, is roughly the same size as the conterminous United States. — Patrick D. Nunn, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2018

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Adjective

During her visit, Princess Kate was also told about the plans for a new building, adjacent to the existing site and which is set to open in the early 2030s.

— Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
However, elites’ DNA contained genetic similarities known as runs of homozygosity — adjacent genetic markers indicating common ancestry — and their genomes tended to be more homogenous than those of non-elites.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Definition of adjacent

Adjective

Accelerating human evolution coincident with the development of agriculture increased redheadedness and decreased male-pattern baldness.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
In a separate announcement, but with coincident timing, WestJet also announced a stopover plan in Calgary.

— Don Tse, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of coincident

Adjective

The Discipline Underneath All leaders recognize the impact and risks of sharing information strategically, but great leaders know not to underestimate the underlying human emotion.

— Anna Jankowska, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
The underlying conditions are unlikely to change, with Jeffries stressing in a recent interview that his average contribution came from a small donor.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of underlying

Adjective

The residents of the adjoining unit were not displaced, according to the release.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
The office-to-residential conversion would add more than a dozen stories and redesign an adjoining tower, according to Gensler, the architectural firm leading the project.

— Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of adjoining

Adjective

Instead, their ranges formed what researchers describe as a mosaic of separate, non-overlapping distributions.

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
There were four short docs released under the SNL50 banner, plus Questlove’s Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music and Brent Hodge’s Downey Wrote That, all on Peacock and boasting myriad overlapping talking heads, filming locations and generally celebratory approaches to the beloved sketch show.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026

Definition of overlapping

Adjective

This would create partition on the patriots’ terms, not Britain’s, as 13 contiguous colonies seceded from the rump of the British Empire in North America.

— David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026
The park is almost completely surrounded by Bureau of Land Management property, and the public land is all that separates the park from the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness — the largest wilderness area in the contiguous United States.

— Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2026

Definition of contiguous

Adjective

Politics are so digital at this point that the images saved on your phone are seen as coterminous with your personal beliefs.

— Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
While colonial administrators imagined the West to be home to progress, order, and economic development, all of which were imagined as coterminous with whiteness, the East was imagined as its opposite.

— Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2025

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