adjacent, next, side by side -- (nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side")
adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring -- (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")
adjacent -- (near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities")