Adjacent Words

Contiguous definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTIGUOUS, a. [L., con and tango, tago, to touch.] Touching; meeting or joining at the surface or border; as two contiguous bodies or countries.
The houses in ancient Rome were not contiguous.
Usually followed by to. Bacon uses with, but he has not been followed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past" [syn: contiguous, immediate]
2: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" [syn: conterminous, contiguous]
3: having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "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" [syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin contiguus, from contingere to have contact with — more at contingent Date: circa 1609 1. being in actual contact ; touching along a boundary or at a point 2. of angles adjacent 2 3. next or near in time or sequence 4. touching or connected throughout in an unbroken sequence <contiguous row houses> Synonyms: see adjacent • contiguously adverb • contiguousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (usu. foll. by with, to) touching, esp. along a line; in contact. Derivatives: contiguously adv. Etymology: L contiguus (as COM-, tangere touch)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Contiguous Con*tig"u*ous, a. [L. contiguus; akin to contigere to touch on all sides. See Contingent.] In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining. The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their angles. --Sir I. Newton. Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. --Goldsmith. Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle. Syn: Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Things that are contiguous are next to each other or touch each other. (FORMAL) Its vineyards are virtually contiguous with those of Ausone. ...two years of travel throughout the 48 contiguous states. = adjacent, adjoining ADJ: oft ADJ to/with n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Touching, meeting, conterminous, adjacent, adjoining, in contact.

Moby Thesaurus

abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering, close, close-by, connecting, conterminous, coterminous, end to end, endways, endwise, face to face, immediate, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, near, nearby, neighbor, neighboring, next, nigh, touching