adj · noun · prep · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
/əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australia:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:AH0 JH EY1 S AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:adjacent.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abutting, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, near
Antonyms: apart, distant, nonadjacent
2
adj
Meaning 2
Just before, after, or facing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
The picture is on the adjacent page.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh1- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh1kt ~ *(H)ih1kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin iaceō Latin adiaceō Latin adiacēnsder. English adjacent Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).
Across languages
Translations
99 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُجَاوِر
(mujāwir)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Azerbaijani:
bitişik
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Azerbaijani:
yanaşıq
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Basque:
ondoan
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Basque:
aldamenean
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Basque:
aldean
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Basque:
alboan
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Bengali:
সন্নিহিত
(śonnihito)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Bengali:
সংলগ্ন
(śoṅlogno)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Bengali:
লাগোয়া
(lagōẇa)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Bulgarian:
близък
(blizǎk)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Bulgarian:
съседен
(sǎseden)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Bulgarian:
допиращ се
(dopirašt se)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Catalan:
adjacent
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Chinese Mandarin:
鄰近的 /邻近的
(línjìn de)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Chinese Mandarin:
毗鄰的 /毗邻的
(pílín de)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Czech:
přilehlý
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Danish:
tilstødende
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Danish:
tilliggende
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Danish:
ved siden af
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Dutch:
aanpalend
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Dutch:
er naast liggend
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Dutch:
aangrenzend
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Dutch:
belendend
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Dutch:
aanliggend
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Esperanto:
najbara
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Esperanto:
apuda
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Finnish:
viereinen
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
French:
adjacent
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Galician:
adxacente
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Galician:
contiguo
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
German:
daneben
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
German:
anliegend
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
German:
benachbart
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
German:
adjazent
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Hungarian:
szomszédos
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Hungarian:
mellette lévő
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Ido:
adjacanta
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Italian:
adiacente
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Japanese:
隣接
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Malayalam:
തൊട്ടടുത്ത
(toṭṭaṭutta)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Manchu:
ᠠᡩᠠᡴᡳ
(adaki)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Māori:
tūtata
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Māori:
pātata
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Māori:
kāpīpiti
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Māori:
piritaha
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Norwegian:
nabo-
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Norwegian:
ved siden av
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Norwegian Bokmål:
tilstøtende
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Occitan:
adjacent
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Persian:
همسایه
(hamsâye)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Persian:
مجاور
(mojâver)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Polish:
przyległy
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Polish:
przylegający
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Portuguese:
adjacente
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Romanian:
adiacent
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Russian:
сосе́дний
(sosédnij)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Russian:
прилега́ющий
(prilegájuščij)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Russian:
примыка́ющий
(primykájuščij)
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Scottish Gaelic:
dlùth
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Slovak:
priľahlý
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Slovak:
vedľajší
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Spanish:
adyacente
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Spanish:
colindante
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Spanish:
contiguo
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Swedish:
intilliggande
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Swedish:
angränsande
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Tagalog:
tabi
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Venetan:
adiaxente
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Vietnamese:
bên cạnh
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Vietnamese:
liền
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Vietnamese:
nối
— lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring
Arabic:
مُجَاوِر
(mujāwir)
— just before, after, or facing
Bulgarian:
съседен
(sǎseden)
— just before, after, or facing
Czech:
přilehlý
— just before, after, or facing
Dutch:
aanpalend
— just before, after, or facing
Dutch:
tegenoverstaand
— just before, after, or facing
Finnish:
viereinen
— just before, after, or facing
German:
umliegend
— just before, after, or facing
German:
nachfolgend
— just before, after, or facing
German:
darauffolgend
— just before, after, or facing
Italian:
adiacente
— just before, after, or facing
Malayalam:
തൊട്ടടുത്ത
(toṭṭaṭutta)
— just before, after, or facing
Norwegian:
foregående
— just before, after, or facing
Norwegian:
forutgående
— just before, after, or facing
Norwegian:
etterfølgende
— just before, after, or facing
Norwegian:
følgende
— just before, after, or facing
Norwegian:
påfølgende
— just before, after, or facing
Norwegian:
neste
— just before, after, or facing
Norwegian:
motsatt
— just before, after, or facing
Portuguese:
adjacente
— just before, after, or facing
Russian:
сосе́дний
(sosédnij)
— just before, after, or facing
Russian:
прилега́ющий
(prilegájuščij)
— just before, after, or facing
Slovak:
susedný
— just before, after, or facing
Slovak:
vedľajší
— just before, after, or facing
Slovak:
priľahlý
— just before, after, or facing
Vietnamese:
liền
— just before, after, or facing
Japanese:
らしい
(rashii)
— (postpositive) suggestive of, bordering on
Japanese:
ではんばかりな
(dewan bakari-na)
— (postpositive) suggestive of, bordering on