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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Which means the city’s Downtown First Thursdays event is back to serve up a bunch of free fun from 5 to 10 p.m. on 2nd Street, between Howard and Market streets (and several adjoining alleyways). —

Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024 But two years ago, the club and its adjoining nonprofit, the Players Foundation for Theatre Education, embarked on a massive restoration of the Booth Room, hoping to refurbish every inch of the space — which, this summer, meant finally opening the cabinet. —

Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024 The adjoining Tony Dapolito Recreation Center has been serving the community since 1908 but closed with the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. —

Christina Ray Stanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024 In contrast to the shadowy kitchen, the adjoining living room is bright and luminous. —

Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for adjoining