adjoining

adjective

ad·join·ing ə-ˈjȯi-niŋ

Synonyms of adjoining next

: touching or bounding at a point or line

Choose the Right Synonym for adjoining

adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed mean being in close proximity.

adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between.

a house with an adjacent garage

adjoining definitely implies meeting and touching at some point or line.

had adjoining rooms at the hotel

contiguous implies having contact on all or most of one side.

offices in all 48 contiguous states

juxtaposed means placed side by side especially so as to permit comparison and contrast.

a skyscraper juxtaposed to a church

Examples of adjoining in a Sentence

the cows had broken through the fence and were grazing in the adjoining field

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Lizzy Caplan House Los Angeles The adjoining dining area. —

Mark David, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024 Like Courvoisier’s adjoining visitor center, the stately home overlooks the Charente River, which is lined with trees. —

Joelle Diderich, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024 The adjoining formal dining room can easily accommodate a dinner party for more than a dozen people. —

Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 1 Dec. 2024 San Francisco and adjoining cities like Oakland and San Jose have some of the country's largest homeless populations. —

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