adjacent
(noun, adjective, preposition)
adjective
1. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
- had adjacent rooms
2. having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
Similar word(s): connected, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring
3. near or close to but not necessarily touching
- lands adjacent to the mountains
- New York and adjacent cities
Similar word(s): close, near, nigh
Sentences with adjacent as an adjective:
- Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
- The picture is on the adjacent page.
noun
1. Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
preposition
1. (US) Next to; adjacent to; beside.