| 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: | concomitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contributing, accompanying |
Synonyms: |
accessory, adjuvant, agreeing, ancillary, associated with, associative, attendant, attending, belonging, coefficient, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coincident, coincidental, collateral, complementary, concordant, concurrent, conjoined, conjoined with, connected, contemporaneous, contemporary, coordinate, corollary, coterminous, coupled with, fellow, in tempo, in time, incident, isochronal, isochronous, joint, satellite, synchronal, synchronous, synergetic, synergistic |
Antonyms: |
accidental, chance, unrelated |
| Main Entry: | concurrent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeing, converging |
Synonyms: |
allied, at one, centrolineal, coinciding, compatible, concerted, confluent, consentient, consistent, convergent, cooperating, coterminous, harmonious, in agreement, in rapport, joined, like-minded, meeting, mutual, of the same mind, unified, uniting |
Antonyms: |
disagreeing, divergent, nonconcurrent |
| Main Entry: | even |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commensurate; having no advantage |
Synonyms: |
balanced, coequal, comparable, coterminous, drawn, equal, equalized, equivalent, even-steven, exact, fifty-fifty, horse to horse, identical, level, matching, neck and neck, on a par, parallel, proportional, proportionate, same, similar, smack in the middle, square, tied, uniform |
Antonyms: |
irregular, unequal, uneven |
| Main Entry: | next |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming immediately after in space, time, order |
Synonyms: |
abutting, adjacent, adjoining, after, alongside, attached, back-to-back, beside, close, closest, coming, consequent, coterminous, ensuing, following, hard by, later, meeting, nearest, neighboring, on the side, proximate, side-by-side, subsequent, succeeding, touching |
Antonyms: |
earlier, preceding, previous |
| Main Entry: | conterminous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contained within the same limits |
Synonyms: |
coextensive, coincident, commensurate, coterminous, equal, like |