very close or connected in space or time; contiguous events; immediate contact; the immediate vicinity; the immediate past

[ Syn: immediate ]

connecting without a break; within a common boundary; the 48 conterminous states; the contiguous 48 states

[ Syn: conterminous ]

having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut; the side of Germany conterminous with France; Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho; neighboring cities

[ Syn: adjacent , conterminous , neighboring ]