adjacent to
Right up against
Adjacent to means next to or beside something, typically sharing a boundary or border: The parking lot is adjacent to the building.
It implies physical nearness without overlap—two things are adjacent when they touch or nearly touch.
The phrase extends to non-physical contexts: topics adjacent to our main discussion.
In casual speech, adjacent to often signals something related but not quite the same: That's not racism, but it's racism-adjacent.
- next toImmediately alongside something
- besideAdjacent to
- neighboringSituated beside another
- borderingSharing an edge with
- alongsideAt the side of
next door to · abutting · contiguous · flanking · back to back · touching · near · close · proximity · boundary · edge · side by side · juxtaposed · connected · sharing · wall · fence · lot
adjacent tofar from
At great distance from
nowhere near · away from · apart from · across from · opposite
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