adjacent
Sharing a border
Adjacent means next to or nearby in space.
Adjacent rooms share a wall; adjacent properties share a boundary.
The word often implies direct contact without anything between: The park is adjacent to the school.
In casual use, adjacent has loosened to mean closely related or associated: His interests are adjacent to mine.
Online, X-adjacent describes proximity to a category without full membership: podcast-adjacent content, theater-adjacent careers.
Sharing a common border
- touchingEvoking gentle emotion
- neighboringSituated beside another
- flankingAt the sides of
- besideAdjacent to
alongside · next-door · side-by-side · juxtaposed · back-to-back · end-to-end · meeting · bounding
Point where edges converge
- nodeConnection point in networks
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- graphVisual data display
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
cell · pixel · angle · element · neighboring · connected · incident · diagonal
At small distance
- closeNearby or to shut
- nearShort distance away
- immediateHappening without delay
- proximateVery near in position
surrounding · vicinity · accessible · handy · reachable · local · convenient · within reach
Following in unbroken sequence
- successiveFollowing without interruption
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- followingComing after another
- precedingComing before in order
next · continuous · uninterrupted · back-to-back · ensuing · subsequent · prior · immediate
abutting
Sharing a common border
- touchingEvoking gentle emotion
- neighboringSituated beside another
- flankingAt the sides of
beside · alongside · next-door · side-by-side · juxtaposed · back-to-back · end-to-end · meeting · bounding · edging
vertex
Point where edges converge
matrix · cell · pixel · angle · element · neighboring · connected · incident · diagonal · orthogonal
nearby
At small distance
proximate · surrounding · vicinity · accessible · handy · reachable · local · convenient · within reach · at hand
consecutive
Following in unbroken sequence
- successiveFollowing without interruption
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- followingComing after another
preceding · next · continuous · uninterrupted · back-to-back · ensuing · subsequent · prior · immediate · running
- close rangepoint-blank, close quarters, short-range, striking distance, within reach
- locationhere, there, place, position, location
- location termsGPS, coordinates, latitude, longitude, mapping
- location wordshere, there, where, north, south
- nearnessnear, nearby, close, next to, beside
- proximitynear, close, nearby, nearness, proximity
adjacentnonadjacent
Not directly beside
separate · noncontiguous · disconnected · detached · isolated
- adjacent toSharing a boundary with
- adjacent angleAngles sharing a vertex and side