Adjacent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Adjacent is an adjective meaning Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
Meaning
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
More Meanings
- Just before, after, or facing.
- (figuratively, postpositive) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
- Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
- Next to; beside.
- (figuratively) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Example Sentences
The picture is on the adjacent page.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:adjacent.
Again, the key colors have twice the area of the adjacents.
Picking out the opposite, the adjacent, and the hypotenuse[…]
Word Forms
- adjacents
Synonyms for adjacent
Depending on context, synonyms include abutting, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, near, close.
Antonyms for adjacent
Common opposites include apart, distant.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adjoining, contiguous, side by side, next, conterminous, abutting.
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