Synonyms of conterminous

conterminous

adjective

kən-ˈtər-mə-nəs 

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in coinciding

occupying the same space

the county and the school district are conterminous

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coinciding
• coincident
• underlying
• overlapping
• coterminous
• coextensive
• intersecting
• concurrent
• superposed
• superimposed
• convergent
• overlaying
• congruent
• coaxial
• allover
• conjoining
• crisscrossing
• conjunctional

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonconcurrent
• noncongruent

Example Sentences

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