Synonyms:
abutting, bordering, contiguous, neighboring, adjoining, close, coterminous, next, attached, conterminous,
near, nigh. beside,
Adjacent farms
may not be connected; if
adjoining, they meet at the boundary-line.
Conterminous would
imply that their dimensions were exactly equal on the side where they adjoin.
Contiguous may be used for
either
adjacent or
adjoining.
Abutting refers rather to the end of one building or estate than to the
neighborhood of another. Buildings may be
adjacent or
adjoining that are not
attached.
Near is a relative
word, places being called
near upon the railroad which would elsewhere be deemed remote.
Neighboring
always implies such proximity that the inhabitants may be neighbors.
Next views some object as the nearest of
several or many;
next neighbor implies a neighborhood.
Antonyms:
detached, disconnected, disjoined, distant, remote, separate.
Preposition:
The
farm was adjacent to the village.
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ADMIRE.
Synonyms:
adore, delight in, extol, respect, venerate, applaud, enjoy, honor, revere, wonder. approve, esteem, love,
In the old sense of
wonder,
admire is practically obsolete; the word now expresses a delight and approval, in
which the element of wonder unconsciously mingles. We
admire beauty in nature and art,
delight in the
innocent happiness of children,
enjoy books
or society, a walk or a dinner. We
approve what is excellent,
applaud heroic deeds,
esteem the good,
love our friends. We
honor and
respect noble character wherever
found; we
revere and
venerate it in the aged. We
extol the goodness and
adore the majesty and power of God.
Antonyms:
abhor, contemn, detest, execrate, ridicule, abominate, despise, dislike, hate, scorn.
Preposition:
Admire at may still very rarely be found in the old sense of
wonder at.
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ADORN.
Synonyms:
beautify,
decorate, garnish, illustrate, bedeck, embellish, gild, ornament. deck,
To
embellish is to brighten and enliven by adding something that is not necessarily or very closely connected
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with that to which it is added; to
illustrate is to add something so far like in kind as to cast a side-light upon
the principal matter.
An author embellishes his narrative with fine descriptions, the artist
illustrates it with
beautiful engravings, the binder
gilds and
decorates the volume.
Garnish is on a lower plane; as, the feast was
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