English Explanatory Dictionary

adjacent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
  2. Just before, after, or facing.
  3. Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
noun
  1. Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
prep
  1. Next to; beside.
  2. Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.

Pronunciation

/əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/ en-us-adjacent.ogg en-au-adjacent.ogg

Word forms

adjacent adjacents

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Italic *jakēō Latin iaceō Latin adiaceō Latin adiacēnsder. English adjacent Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).

Synonyms

abutting adjoining contiguous juxtaposed near

Antonyms

apart distant nonadjacent

Derived words

adjacency adjacent angle adjacently adjacentness circumadjacent coadjacent comic-adjacent fetish-adjacent nonadjacent subadjacent unadjacent
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