| Main Entry: | adjacent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | next to, abutting |
Synonyms: |
adjoining, alongside, beside, bordering, close, close by, contiguous, near, neighboring, next door, touching |
| Notes: | adjacent means next to but not necessarily connected with, while adjoining means next to and connected - adjacent rooms are separated by a wall, adjoining are connected by a common door; things are adjacent when they are side by side, they are adjoining when they share a common boundary and adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between |
Antonyms: |
apart, away, detached, disconnected, distant, far, faraway, nonadjacent, remote, separate |
| Main Entry: | about |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | near or close to in position |
Synonyms: |
adjacent, beside, nearby |
Antonyms: |
afar, away, distant, far, remote |
| Main Entry: | adjoining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being next to |
Synonyms: |
abutting, adjacent, approximal, bordering on, connecting, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, impinging, interconnecting, joined, joining, juxtaposed, near, neighboring, next door, touching, verging |
| Notes: | adjacent means next to but not necessarily connected with, while adjoining means next to and connected - adjacent rooms are separated by a wall, adjoining are connected by a common door; things are adjacent when they are side by side, they are adjoining when they share a common boundary and adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between |
Antonyms: |
detached, divided, separate |
| Main Entry: | against |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | opposite to |
Synonyms: |
across, adjacent, con, contra, contrary to, counter to, facing, in contrast to, in opposition to, opposed to, opposing, versus, vs |
| Main Entry: | along |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | near |
Synonyms: |
adjacent, at, by |
Antonyms: |
far |
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near |
Synonyms: |
adjacent, bordering, close together, contiguous, nearby, neighboring |
Antonyms: |
away, far |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near, nearby |
Synonyms: |
abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, convenient, give or take a little, handy, hard by, immediate, imminent, impending, in spitting distance, in the ball park, near-at-hand, nearest, nearly, neighboring, next, nigh, proximate, under one's nose, warm |
Antonyms: |
away, beyond, detached, far, faraway |
| Main Entry: | convenient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nearby |
Synonyms: |
accessible, adjacent, adjoining, all around, at elbows, at fingertips, at hand, available, central, close, close at hand, close-by, contiguous, easy to reach, handy, immediate, in neighborhood, next, next door, nigh, on deck, on tap, under one's nose, within reach |
Antonyms: |
distant, far, inconvenient, out-of-the-way, unavailable |
| Main Entry: | handy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nearby |
Synonyms: |
accessible, adjacent, at hand, available, close, close by, close-at-hand, convenient, near, near-at-hand, on hand, ready, within reach |
Antonyms: |
faraway, inconveniently, unhandy |
| Main Entry: | immediate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near, next |
Synonyms: |
adjacent, close, contiguous, direct, firsthand, near-at-hand, nearby, nearest, nigh, primary, proximal, proximate, recent |
Antonyms: |
away, distant, far |