nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; had adjacent rooms; in the next room; the person sitting next to me; our rooms were side by side

[ Syn: next , side by side ]

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: conterminous , contiguous , neighboring ]

near or close to but not necessarily touching; lands adjacent to the mountains; New York and adjacent cities'