contiguity
2 synonyms and 1 antonym for contiguity, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The fact of two or more things touching each other, or of areas sharing a border.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
adjacency
contiguousness
Antonyms
Etymology
Came from French contiguïté (the source of the -ity ending), from Late Latin contiguitās, from Latin contiguus, meaning ‘bordering upon’, from contingō, meaning ‘to touch or border upon’.
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