adjacent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō 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”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:adjacent.
Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
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(not-comparable) Just before, after, or facing.
The picture is on the adjacent page.
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(figuratively, not-comparable, postpositional) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
First of all, she's probably the most popular politics-adjacent figure in the country. She's not a politician. She's never run for anything, but I have said for a long time – I think we all agree – if she did ever want to run for something, she would be right at the front of the line.
2018 December 25, “Faith Leaders Speak about Leading Through Natural Disasters; Who's Been Naughty and Nice in 2018 Politics?”, in New Day, Chris Cillizza (actor), via CNN, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022, retrieved 27 Jul 2019:He’s [Timothée Chalamet is] smug and entitled. He’s dismissive of opera and ballet. He’s Kardashian-adjacent.
2026 March 15, Naveen Kumar, “Timothée Chalamet Was Supposed to Be a New Kind of Leading Man”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:It would be false to suggest CBD is nothing more than an obsession for reiki-adjacent bicoastal millennials.
2018 October 27, Alex Williams, “Why Is CBD Everywhere?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2022:
Antonyms
distant · apart · nonadjacent
Deriveds
adjacentness · comic-adjacent · adjacent angle · unadjacent · circumadjacent · nonadjacent · adjacently · fetish-adjacent · subadjacent · adjacency · coadjacent
Synonyms
juxtaposed · abutting · contiguous · near · conterminous · adjoining
Translations (99)
bn লাগোয়া (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · sk priľahlý (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · tl tabi (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · de benachbart (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · da ved siden af (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · bn সংলগ্ন (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · ru примыка́ющий (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · az yanaşıq (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · mi kāpīpiti (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · de darauffolgend (just before, after, or facing) · da tilliggende (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · cs přilehlý (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · oc adjacent (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · ar مُجَاوِر (just before, after, or facing) · vi bên cạnh (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · mnc ᠠᡩᠠᡴᡳ (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · fa مجاور (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · ml തൊട്ടടുത്ത (just before, after, or facing) · ca adjacent (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · bn সন্নিহিত (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · pl przyległy (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · fi viereinen (just before, after, or facing) · de adjazent (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · sk vedľajší (just before, after, or facing) · bg близък (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · nl aanliggend (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · vi nối (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · ja らしい ((postpositive) suggestive of, bordering on) · de umliegend (just before, after, or facing) · no påfølgende (just before, after, or facing) · de daneben (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · de nachfolgend (just before, after, or facing) · nl aanpalend (just before, after, or facing) · ja ではんばかりな ((postpositive) suggestive of, bordering on) · gl contiguo (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · no motsatt (just before, after, or facing) · eo najbara (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · pl przylegający (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · pt adjacente (just before, after, or facing) · eu aldean (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · ru сосе́дний (just before, after, or facing) · no nabo- (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · io adjacanta (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · no etterfølgende (just before, after, or facing) · fr adjacent (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · fi viereinen (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · ar مُجَاوِر (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · no ved siden av (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · es adyacente (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · sk susedný (just before, after, or facing) · vi liền (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · eu ondoan (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · es contiguo (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · mi piritaha (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · az bitişik (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · no foregående (just before, after, or facing) · sk vedľajší (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · mi tūtata (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · de anliegend (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · da tilstødende (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · eo apuda (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · bg съседен (just before, after, or facing) · fa همسایه (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · gl adxacente (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · eu alboan (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · ro adiacent (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · nl aanpalend (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · cs přilehlý (just before, after, or facing) · it adiacente (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · vec adiaxente (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · nl belendend (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · nl er naast liggend (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · nl aangrenzend (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · it adiacente (just before, after, or facing) · hu mellette lévő (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · bg допиращ се (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · ru сосе́дний (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · hu szomszédos (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · pt adjacente (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · vi liền (just before, after, or facing) · ml തൊട്ടടുത്ത (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · no forutgående (just before, after, or facing) · no følgende (just before, after, or facing) · sv angränsande (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · mi pātata (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · no neste (just before, after, or facing) · ru прилега́ющий (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · cmn 鄰近的 /邻近的 (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · nb tilstøtende (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · cmn 毗鄰的 /毗邻的 (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · ja 隣接 (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · gd dlùth (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · nl tegenoverstaand (just before, after, or facing) · es colindante (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · eu aldamenean (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · sk priľahlý (just before, after, or facing) · bg съседен (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · sv intilliggande (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) · ru прилега́ющий (just before, after, or facing)