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adjacent
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As an adjective, adjacent means lying next to, close, or contiguous. As a noun, it means something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
Meanings of adjacent
9 meaningsadjective
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
“Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.”
Just before, after, or facing.
“The picture is on the adjacent page.”
figurativelypostpositiveRelated to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
“had adjacent rooms”
“in the next room”
“the person sitting next to me”
Similar: next, side by sideHaving a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
“Rhode Island has two bordering states: Massachusetts and Connecticut”
“the side of Germany conterminous with France”
“Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho”
Similar: conterminous, contiguous, neighboring, neighbouringNear or close to but not necessarily touching
“lands adjacent to the mountains”
“New York and adjacent cities”
noun
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
preposition
Next to; beside.
“The house adjacent to the school was demolished.”
“A notice was sent to the house adjacent the school.”
figurativelyRelated to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).