adjoined

Shared a boundary

Adjoined means connected or joined together, typically sharing a boundary or wall.

Two adjoined rooms share a common wall; adjoined properties share a border.

The word usually describes things physically attached or immediately next to each other: The bathroom adjoined the master bedroom.

Less commonly, it appears as the past tense of adjoin.

spatial

neighboring

Situated beside another

alongside · beside · proximate · touching · juxtaposed · bordering · next · nearby · close · fringing

attached

connected

Joined to another

fastened · secured · bonded · annexed · appended · united · fused · spliced · welded · clamped

Opposites
physical connection/attachment

adjoineddetached

Apart or uninvolved

separated · disconnected · disjoined · apart · removed

unity vs. division

adjoineddivided

Separated into portions

severed · split · partitioned · disunited · parted

Phrases
Family

adjoining, adjoin, adjoins

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