Synonyms for
Adjoining
Definition
next to or touching something else
Synonyms & similar words
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Common collocations
- adjoining rooms
- adjoining property
- adjoining buildings
- adjoining land
- adjoining offices
- adjoining apartments
Word family
Usage note
Often used to describe spaces or properties that are physically next to each other. Can also imply a close connection or relationship.
Example sentences
- The kitchen is adjoining to the dining room.
- My house is adjoining to a park.
- The library is adjoining to the school.
- My grandparents' house is adjoining to a farm.
- The store is adjoining to the shopping mall.
Quotes
I had the feeling that the world was adjoined, that all borders were misleading, that everything was somehow touching. - Teju Cole
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in. You can't have a good story without a villain to oppose your hero. You can't have a wise woman without a crone to go with her. And you can't have a real country without a shadowy underside to its adjoined twin. - Catherynne M. Valente
We all have a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. - Jane Austen, Mansfield Park