Main entry: adjacent
Definition: near or close to but not necessarily touching
Usage: lands adjacent to the mountains; New York and adjacent cities
Main entry: next, adjacent, side by side
Definition: nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
Usage: had adjacent rooms; in the next room; the person sitting next to me; our rooms were side by side
Main entry: conterminous, contiguous, adjacent, neighboring
Definition: having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
Usage: 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