| 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: | 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 |
Antonyms: |
detached, divided, separate |
| 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: | near |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close by physically |
Synonyms: |
abreast, abutting, adjacent, adjoining, along toward, alongside, approximal, around, at close quarters, available, beside, bordering, burning, close, close shave, close-at-hand, close-by, conterminous, contiguous, convenient, hair's breadth, handy, immediate, in close proximity, near-at-hand, nearby, neighboring, next door, nigh, not remote, practically, proximal, proximate, ready, side-by-side, touching, vincinal, warm*, within stone's throw |
Antonyms: |
away, distant, far, remote |
| Main Entry: | bordering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | next to |
Synonyms: |
abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bounding, edging, near, neighboring, next door, on the edge of, skirting, touching |
Antonyms: |
apart, far, faraway, separate |
| Main Entry: | stone's throw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short distance |
Synonyms: |
close range, earshot, eyeshot, holler, near, next door, not far, shouting distance, spitting distance |
| Main Entry: | neighboring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adjacent |
Synonyms: |
abutting, adjoining, beside, bordering, close, near, nearby, next door |