lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
just before, after, or facing: a map on an adjacent page.
(used in combination)
related or very close to a specified topic, activity, etc.: While the comment was not outright racist, it was racist-adjacent.
supporting or being an ally of a group or subculture without being a part of it: She describes herself as queer-adjacent.
having the traits or interests of a group or subculture without being a part of it: Are they full-on geeks or just nerd-adjacent?
Origin of adjacent
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin adjacent- (stem of adjacēns, present participle of adjacēre “to adjoin”), equivalent to ad- “toward” (see ad-) + jac- “lie” + -ent- adjective suffix (see -ent)
Soak in a claw-foot tub after a day exploring Rocky Mountain National Park—a 25-minute drive northwest—or the 20-plus miles of trails in adjacent Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests.
Our Favorite Hipcamp in Every State|Alison Van Houten|October 1, 2020|Outside Online
You might be able to hike to the top of the cliff to hang the rope or reach the anchors from an adjacent route.
How to Actually Get Better at Climbing|Hayden Carpenter|October 1, 2020|Outside Online
The company owns a handful of products that compete comfortably against or adjacent to software giants.
You should know the new CEO of this software company|Adam Lashinsky|September 29, 2020|Fortune
Alexander says that while there has been an uptick in interest in female artists in general, the activity is centered on hip-hop or hip-hop-adjacent artists.
The Mom, Student … and Breakout Rapper|Joshua Eferighe|September 28, 2020|Ozy
Velocity is by no means the entire story — the difference in runs allowed between adjacent tiers is larger than velocity alone can explain — but it’s clearly a strong signal of differences in talent.
What Really Gives Left-Handed Pitchers Their Edge?|Guy Molyneux|August 17, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Who helps build convention centers and adjacent hotels so cities can attract convention business?
Democrats Are Petrified of Defending Government—but They Need to Start|Michael Tomasky|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I am sitting on the Turkish-Syrian border, adjacent to the city of Kobani, watching hundreds of children sob.
Remembering Kobani Before The Siege|Mustafa Abdi, Movements.Org, Advancing Human Rights|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Photography turned out to be the secret weapon in his revolutionary landscape paintings,” the adjacent wall text states.
Revealing The Unseen Picasso|Justin Jones|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
About the only thing nearby that smacks of politics is an adjacent pop-up Halloween costume store.
Mystery Man Buys Kentucky for the GOP|Center for Public Integrity|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As I waited to speak to Manning, a cleaning woman poked her head out from one of the adjacent rooms to peer at me.
‘Crazy’ Harlem Pastor Hates on Obama and Gays|Olivia Nuzzi|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Knowing that industry from their experience with it in the adjacent island, these people naturally took it up in their new home.
Cuba, Old and New|Albert Gardner Robinson
He had scarcely done so, when the sound of a bell was heard from the adjacent vault.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845|Various
During the afternoon fighting for the possession of Baquerolle Farm and its adjacent orchards engaged the Battalion's left flank.
The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry|G. K. Rose
The city firemen performed, with their brethren of the adjacent town, signal service.
The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877|George Stewart
With some difficulty he succeeded in extricating his troops from the town, and leading them into an adjacent orchard.
The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving|Washington Irving
British Dictionary definitions for adjacent
adjacent
/ (əˈdʒeɪsənt) /
adjective
being near or close, esp having a common boundary; adjoining; contiguous
maths
(of a pair of vertices in a graph) joined by a common edge
(of a pair of edges in a graph) meeting at a common vertex
noun
geometrythe side lying between a specified angle and a right angle in a right-angled triangle
Derived forms of adjacent
adjacency, nounadjacently, adverb
Word Origin for adjacent
C15: from Latin adjacēre to lie next to, from ad- near + jacēre to lie