abutting
The word “abutting” has 3 syllables: a-but-ting
It's pronounced as /əˈbʌtɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for abutting?
In the thesaurus, “abutting” has 107 synonyms and 50 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for abutting along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for abutting
- abreast
- across the street
- adjacent
- adjoining
- after
- along toward
- alongside
- ambient
- approaching
- approximal
- approximate
- around
- around the corner
- at close quarters
- at hand
- attached
- available
- back-to-back
- beside
- bordering
- bordering on
- bounding
- burning
- circumjacent
- close
- close shave
- close-at-hand
- close-by
- closest
- coming
- communicating
- connected
- connecting
- consequent
- contacting
- contactual
- conterminous
- contiguous
- convenient
- converging
- coterminous
- edging
- embracing
- encircling
- enclosing
- encompassing
- ensuing
- fencing
- flanking
- flush
- following
- fringing
- give or take a little
- handy
- hard by
- immediate
- imminent
- impending
- impinging
- in close proximity
- in spitting distance
- in the ball park
- inclosing
- interconnecting
- joined
- joining
- juxtaposed
- juxtapositional
- later
- lining
- linked
- marginal
- margining
- meeting
- near
- near-at-hand
- nearby
- nearest
- nearly
- neighboring
- next
- next door
- next door to
- next to
- next-door
- nigh
- not remote
- on the edge of
- on the side
- peripheral
- practically
- proximal
- proximate
- ready
- rimming
- side-by-side
- skirting
- subsequent
- succeeding
- surrounding
- tangent
- tangential
- touching
- united
- verging
- vincinal
- warm
Antonyms for abutting
- apart
- away
- broken up
- cool
- deferred
- detached
- disconnected
- discontinuous
- discrete
- disjoined
- dissevered
- dissociated
- distant
- disunited
- divided
- divorced
- earlier
- expired
- far
- far-off
- faraway
- farthest
- free-standing
- gone
- isolate
- isolated
- nonadjacent
- noncontiguous
- noncontinuous
- parted
- past
- postponed
- preceding
- previous
- ramified
- remote
- removed
- resolved
- separate
- separated
- severed
- single
- split
- sundered
- unattached
- unconnected
- uncoupled
- unfamiliar
- unlinked
- unyoked
Meanings of abutting
- verb
- To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land).
- To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
- verb
- To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.
- noun
- Abutment.
- adjective
- Facing each other, front to front.
Example Sentences
- The new apartment complex has a park abutting its southern boundary, providing residents with a scenic view.
- The office building is located in the city center, abutting several major transportation hubs.
- Our backyard fence needs repairs where it is abutting the neighbor's property.
- The highway project faced challenges due to its route abutting environmentally sensitive areas.
- The old farmhouse has a charming garden abutting the riverbank, making it a peaceful retreat.
On this page you'll find 157 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abutting, such as: abreast, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, after, along toward, alongside.
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Related Words
near
- about
- abreast
- abutting
- accessible
- accessibly
- accurate
- across
- adjacent
- adjoin
- adjoining
- adoring
- advance
- affable
- affecting
- affectionate
- after a fashion
- akin
- alike
- all but
- allied
- almost
- along
- along toward
- alongside
- amicable
- analogous
- appreciably
- approach
- approaching
- approximal
- approximate
- approximately
- around
- arrive
- as good as
- at
- at close quarters
- at hand
- attached
- attain
- available
- belly up
- beside
- boon
- border
- bordering
- borderline
- bosom
- buddy-buddy
- burning
- by
- by and large
- chiefly
- chummy
- circa
- clannish
- close
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- close-at-hand
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- close-up
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- companionable
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- creep up
- dear
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- drop in
- easy
- enter
- equal
- equivalent
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- expected
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- fair
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- hand-to-hand
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- hereabout
- hereabouts
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- in
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- just about
- kind of
- land
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- like
- living
- looming
- loosely
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- mainly
- make
- matching
- more or less
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- natural
- naturalist
- naturalistic
- near-at-hand
- nearby
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- next
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- next door to
- next to
- next-door
- nigh
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- partially
- partly
- photo-realistic
- plus or minus
- practically
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- proximal
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- ready
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- related
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- roughly
- say
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- side-by-side
- similar
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- some
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- thereabout
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- three-dimensional
- tight
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- virtually
- vivid
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- well-nigh
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- within call
nearby
- about
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- accessible
- accessibly
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- adjoining
- along
- alongside
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- below
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- by
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joining
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- accumulating
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- adjacent
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- admixture
- affiliating
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- agreeing
- agreement
- alliance
- allying
- amalgam
- amalgamation
- ambient
- annexation
- anthology
- apposition
- approximal
- approximate
- articulating
- articulation
- assemblage
- assembling
- assembly
- assistance
- associating
- association
- assortment
- attached
- attachment
- band
- banding together
- blend
- body
- bond
- bordering
- bordering on
- bounding
- brotherhood
- building
- bunch
- business
- cahoots
- cartel
- catenating
- cementing
- chaining
- channel
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- club
- clustering
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- coalition
- coefficient
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- collecting
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- company
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- concordance
- concourse
- concurrent
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- concursion
- confederating
- confederation
- confluence
- conglomerate
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- conjointment
- conjugating
- conjugation
- conjunction
- connected
- connecting
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- connective
- conniving
- connotation
- consociation
- consolidating
- consolidation
- conspiring
- constellating
- constituent
- construction
- contact
- contacting
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- contiguous
- convening
- convergence
- convergent
- converging
- cooperating
- cooperation
- cooperative
- coordinated
- copula
- cording
- corporation
- correlation
- coterie
- coterminous
- coupler
- coupling
- crew
- crossing
- crossroads
- crowd
- crush
- division
- dovetail
- dovetailing
- elbow
- element
- embracing
- encircling
- enclosing
- encompassing
- ending at
- entering
- erection
- fabrication
- faction
- fastening
- fencing
- firm
- fitting together
- flanking
- flowing
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- fraternity
- friendship
- fringing
- fusing
- fusion
- gang
- garner
- garnering
- gathering
- getting in
- going up to
- gore
- hand in glove
- hanging together
- harmonious
- help
- hinge
- hitch
- hitching
- hooking
- hookup
- house
- identification
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- impression
- in
- in league
- inclosing
- incorporating
- incorporation
- integrating
- interconnecting
- interconnection
- interdependent
- interest
- interface
- interfacing
- interfusing
- interlinking
- interlocking
- intermeshing
- intermixture
- intersection
- join
- joined
- joint
- jointure
- junction
- juncture
- juxtaposed
- juxtaposition
- knee
- knot
- league
- leaguing
- ligament
- ligation
- ligature
- lining
- link
- linkage
- linked
- linking
- lodge
- loop
- lumping together
- making common cause
- manufacture
- manufacturing
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- marrying
- mating
- meeting
- member
- merger
- merging
- mingling
- miter
- mix
- mixing
- mixture
- mob
- modeling
- molding
- mortise
- multitude
- near
- nearby
- nearest
- neighboring
- network
- next door
- next-door
- nexus
- nigh
- node
- organization
- outfit
- ownership
- pairing
- part
- participating
- partnership
- party
- peripheral
- piece
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- pivot
- playing ball
- plug-in
- pulling together
- re-enlisting
- re-enrolling
- re-upping
- reciprocal
- recollection
- recombining
- reconnecting
- reenlisting
- reenrolling
- reentering
- rejoining
- relation
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- rimming
- ring
- rout
- seam
- section
- setting up
- shaping
- shared
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- sisterhood
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- society
- sorority
- spanning
- splice
- splicing
- spreading to
- stretching
- stringing
- surrounding
- suture
- symbiotic
- syndicate
- synergetic
- synergic
- synergistic
- tangency
- tangent
- tangential
- team
- terminal
- throng
- tie
- tie up
- tie-in
- togetherness
- touch
- touching
- train of thought
- treasury
- unification
- unifying
- union
- united
- uniting
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- vinculum
- weld
- welding
- wiring
- yoke
- yoking
handy
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- abutting
- accessible
- adaptable
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- adjacent
- adjoining
- adroit
- advantageous
- agile
- approachable
- at hand
- attainable
- available
- beneficial
- capable
- central
- clever
- close
- close-at-hand
- close-by
- competent
- convenient
- coordinated
- cunning
- deft
- dexterous
- dextrous
- double-jointed
- expert
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- flexible
- functional
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- getatable
- graceful
- habile
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- limber
- lissom
- lissome
- lithe
- lithesome
- loose-jointed
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- near
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- nearby
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- qualified
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- skilled
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- spry
- sure-handed
- to hand
- ultraconvenient
- useful
- utile
- wieldy
- within reach