adjacent

adjectives

nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
"had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"
adjacent, next, side by side
is derived from
adjacency
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"
adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring
is derived from
adjacency
near or close to but not necessarily touching
"lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"
adjacent
is derived from
adjacency
is similar to
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
"near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"
close, near, nigh