adjacent
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
had adjacent rooms
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
near or close to but not necessarily touching
lands adjacent to the mountains
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjacency |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | close |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjacency |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | connected |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | adjacency |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | near |