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Adjectives (4)
next, adjacent, cheek by jowl, side by side
adj. 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"
Fuzzynyms (19)
adjacent, contiguous, conterminous, coterminous, abutting, adjoining, bordering
adj. having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "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"
coming, future day
adj. yet to come; "coming generations"; "a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay"
following, next
adj. immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list"
future, succeeding, next
adj. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"
neighbor, neighbour, neighboring, neighbouring
adj. situated near one another; "neighbor states"
nearby
adj. close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"
Synonyms (25)
enveloping, ambient, encompassing, surrounding
adj. closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides
appressed, adpressed
adj. pressed close to or lying flat against something; "adpressed hairs along the plant's stem"; "igneous rocks...closely appressed by this force"-L.V.Pirsson
approximate, close together
adj. located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
at hand, imminent
adj. close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"
at hand, close-by, close by, close at hand
adj. close in space; within reach; "the town is close at hand"
close-hauled
adj. having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible
close-set
adj. set close together: "close-set eyes"; "close-set teeth"
closer
adj. comparative of "close"; indicating that one of two that is the shorter distance away
closest
adj. superlative of "close"; indicating that one of several that is the shortest distance away
contiguous, immediate
adj. very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"
hand-to-hand, at close quarters
adj. being at close quarters; "hand-to-hand fighting"
near, proximate
adj. very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses"
walk-to
adj. close enough to be walked to; "walking distance"; "the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory"
Antonyms (1)
distant
adj. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"
juxtaposed
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