adjacent
adjective
[ əˈdʒeɪs(ə)nt ]
• next to or adjoining something else.
• "adjacent rooms"
Similar:
adjoining,
neighbouring (on),
next door to,
abutting,
close to,
near to,
next to,
by,
close by,
by the side of,
bordering (on),
beside,
alongside,
abreast of,
contiguous with,
proximate to,
attached to,
touching,
joining,
cheek by jowl with,
conjoining,
approximate to,
vicinal,
Opposite:
remote from,
• (of a pair of angles) formed on the same side of a straight line when intersected by another line.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin adjacent- ‘lying near to’, from adjacere, from ad- ‘to’ + jacere ‘lie down’.
