Synonyms of adjacency

adjacency

noun

ə-ˈjā-sᵊn(t)-sē 

as in proximity

the state or condition of being near

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distance
• remoteness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of adjacency

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

Meaningful adjacencies are all over Any Person: the journal as paratext to the life, the energy in being physically near other people, the reality and unreality of fiction. —Hazlitt, 12 June 2024

Now, society may have evolved to a point where an African American pop queen's ability to naturally fall into a secure, sustainable place in country music – a genre with which she's always had a natural adjacency – has finally arrived. —USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024