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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching;
- Example: "Rhode Island has two bordering states Massachusetts and Conncecticut";
- Example: "the side of Germany conterminous with France"
- Example: "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"
- Example: "neighboring cities"
[syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

neighbor \neigh"bor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neighbored; p. pr. & vb. n Neighboring.] 1. To adjoin; to border on; to be near to. [1913 Webster] Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. --Sandys. [1913 Webster] 2. To associate intimately with. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Neighboring \Neigh"bor*ing\, a. Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

neighboring adj 1: 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" [syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "neighboring": abutting, adjacent, adjoining, ambient, bordering, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, close, close-by, connecting, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, end to end, endways, endwise, enfolding, enveloping, environing, face to face, immediate, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, near, nearby, neighbor, next, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, surrounding, touching, wrapping