adjoining

adjective

ad·​join·​ing ə-ˈjȯi-niŋ 

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: touching or bounding at a point or line

Synonyms

• abutting
• adjacent
• bordering
• conterminous
• contiguous
• flanking
• flush
• fringing
• joining
• juxtaposed
• neighboring
• skirting
• touching
• verging

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

Recent Examples on the Web

There was also damage to the adjoining St Philip’s church, according to video received by CNN. —Abeer Salman, Dana Karni, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025

Chapter 1 The Center Nobody would take the breast center and its adjoining hospital as an ordinary medical establishment. —T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2025

Around the corner in an adjoining room, a silvery space-age pinball machine sits with a cartoon-style side profile of Pharrell Williams backlit above the screen that displays the score. —Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025

The adjoining dressing room, with its custom oak cabinetry and bespoke wooden hangers, evokes the quiet sophistication of a Savile Row atelier. —Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English adjoynyng, from present participle of adjoynen "to adjoin"

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for adjoining

• conjoining
• enjoining
• rejoining
• coining
• joining