- lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
- just before, after, or facing: a map on an adjacent page.
- (used in combination)
- related or very close to a specified topic, activity, etc.: While the comment was not outright racist, it was racist-adjacent.
- supporting or being an ally of a group or subculture without being a part of it: She describes herself as queer-adjacent.
- having the traits or interests of a group or subculture without being a part of it: Are they full-on geeks or just nerd-adjacent?
- being near or close, esp having a common boundary; adjoining; contiguous
- maths
- (of a pair of vertices in a graph) joined by a common edge
- (of a pair of edges in a graph) meeting at a common vertex
- the side lying between a specified angle and a right angle in a right-angled triangle
