Synonyms and antonyms of adjacent in English

adjacent

These are words and phrases related to adjacent. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of adjacent.

AT THE SIDE OF

He sat adjacent to the duke.

Synonyms and examples

beside
Come sit beside me.
next to
Your glasses are on the table next to my tea.
along
Cars were parked along the road.
alongside
Bikes shared the road alongside cars and mopeds.
against
We pushed the bed against the wall.
adjoining
We asked for adjoining rooms.
neighbouring
UK
There's a strawberry festival in the neighbouring county.
coterminous
Italy is coterminous with Germany.
contiguous
formal
Shipping is free in the contiguous United States.
bordering
Bordering municipalities reported power cuts after the storm.
side by side
The children sat side by side on the chair.
shoulder to shoulder
We stood shoulder to shoulder waiting to get into the venue.
at someone's elbow
As a child, he was always at her elbow, following her as she did housework.

Antonym and example

opposite
I sat opposite her at the dinner table.
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Beside is used to show that someone or something is physically at the side of someone or something else.
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adjacent

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These are words and phrases related to adjacent. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of adjacent.
Synonyms for adjacent from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

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