be+conterminous

  • 11conterminous — Synonyms and related words: accompanying, adjacent, adjoining, agreeing, bordering, buck, coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coinstantaneous, collateral, combat, concomitant, concurrent, connecting, contemporaneous,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 12conterminous — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Contained within the same limits] Syn. commensurate, coterminous, coincident, coextensive; see equal , like . 2. [Having a common boundary] Syn. proximal, adjacent, bordering; see adjacent , contiguous . II (Roget s… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 13conterminous —  , coterminous  Sharing a common boundary …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 14conterminous, coterminous —    The two words mean the same thing to share a boundary though the first is more commonly used than the second …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 15conterminous, coterminous —    The two words mean the same thing to share a boundary though the first is more commonly used than the second …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 16conterminous — adj. bordering on, having a common border; having the same area, having the same boundaries adj. bordering on, having a common border; having the same area, having the same boundaries …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 17conterminous — [kɒn tə:mɪnəs] adjective 1》 sharing a common boundary. 2》 having the same area, context, or meaning. Derivatives conterminously adverb Origin C17: from L. conterminus (from con with + terminus boundary ) + ous …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 18conterminous — a. 1. Adjoining, adjacent, contiguous, bordering upon. 2. Identical in limits, of identical boundaries, co extensive, coincident, commensurate …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 19conterminous — con·ter·mi·nous …

    English syllables

  • 20conterminous — /kɒnˈtɜmənəs / (say kon termuhnuhs) adjective 1. having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous. 2. meeting at their ends. 3. having the same boundaries or limits; coextensive. Also, conterminal. {Latin conterminus} –conterminously, adverb …