Contiguous

Quick meaning: Contiguous is an adjective meaning (sometimes figurative) Connected; touching; abutting.

Meaning

(sometimes figurative) Connected; touching; abutting.

More Meanings

1. Adjacent; neighboring.
2. Connecting without a break.

Example Sentences

the forty-eight contiguous states

Supposing three such houses to be contiguous to a central one, each separated from the latter by a straight wall.

[…] the usual quietness of the day, with us, was broken in upon by the shout of success from the pursuing boats, followed by vehement respondings from the contiguous ship.

1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head To shame the meanness of his humble shed;

Synonyms for contiguous

Depending on context, synonyms include close, adjacent, immediate, connected, adjoining, abutting.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include adjoining, conterminous, adjacent, abutting, connected, immediate.

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