adjacency

noun

ad·​ja·​cen·​cy ə-ˈjā-sᵊn(t)-sē 

plural adjacencies

1

: something that is adjacent

2

: the quality or state of being adjacent : contiguity

Synonyms

• closeness
• contiguity
• immediacy
• nearness
• propinquity
• proximity
• vicinity

Examples of adjacency in a Sentence

environmentalists are concerned about the proposed shopping plaza's adjacency to the river

Recent Examples on the Web

Doc, meanwhile, makes a painful discovery: Through its COINTELPRO program, the FBI has turned countless hippies into informants and used their adjacency to politically radical groups to gather intel. —Chris Stanton, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024

However, the investment in Urban Legend marks Mondelēz’s first step into the fresh bakery sector in the UK, a move Gray described as a natural adjacency for the company. —Douglas Yu, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024

But that dynamic of an adjacency to national political power fueling a person’s dating identity is exactly what makes DC dating unique and (from all these news stories about people who hate dating there) so hostile. —Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018

Establish Credibility In Adjacent Categories Exploring adjacencies in other categories is a priority. —Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin adjacentia, going back to Late Latin, "adherence," noun derivative of Latin adjacent-, adjacens adjacent

First Known Use

1640, in the meaning defined at sense 2