adjoining adj : having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "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: abutting, adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)]

English

Etymology

From Old English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, (compare French adjoindre), from Latin adjungere, formed from ad- + jungere "to join".

Pronunciation

• US:
  • /ʌˈʤɔɪn.ɪŋ/

Adjective

1. Being in contact at some point or line; joining to; contiguous; bordering: an adjoining room.

Synonyms

• adjacent
• bordering

Antonyms

• separated

Verb

adjoining

1. present participle of adjoin

abutting, adjacent, bordering, connecting, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, end to end, endways, endwise, face to face, immediate, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, neighbor, neighboring, next, next to, touching