is similar to
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"
is similar to
joining; forming an adjunct
is similar to
closely related
"syllable to blessed syllable affined"- Wallace Stevens
is similar to
connecting without a break; within a common boundary
"the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states"
is similar to
connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
is similar to
built against or attached to a wall
"engaged columns"
is similar to
connected by blood or close acquaintance with people of wealth or social position
"a well-connected Edinburgh family"
is an attribute of
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
"there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"