adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed mean being in close proximity. adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between.

ADJACENT definition: lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring. See examples of adjacent used in a sentence.

ADJACENT definition: 1. very near, next to, or touching: 2. used in compounds to show that something is not exactly the…. Learn more.

Definition of adjacent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Define adjacent. adjacent synonyms, adjacent pronunciation, adjacent translation, English dictionary definition of adjacent. adj. 1. Close to; lying near: adjacent cities.

We're meeting in the room adjacent to [= next to] this one. Their property and our property are adjacent to each other.

If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other. He sat in an adjacent room and waited. The schools were adjacent but there were separate doors.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 ad•ja•cent (ə jā′ sənt), adj. lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the …

adjacent is one of the 5,000 most common words in modern written English. It is similar in frequency to words like copper, disturb, mobile, modified, and stain.

near or next to; adjoining. We are worried about the large dead tree on the property adjacent to ours; it could fall onto our house during a storm. China is adjacent to India and many other …