Conterminous Synonyms

kən-tûrmə-nəs
Contained within the same limits
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. coextensive
  2. coterminous
  3. commensurate
  4. coincident
Having a common boundary
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. adjacent
  2. contiguous
  3. proximal
  4. adjoining
  5. bordering
  6. next
  7. neighboring

Words Related to Conterminous

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. equal
  2. near
  3. like

Conterminous Sentence Examples

  • In all the Wisdom books virtue is conceived of as conterminous with knowledge.

  • Asiatic Turkey is conterminous on the east with Russia and Persia; in the southwest it encloses on the west, north and north-east the independent part of Arabia.

  • As the outlet of the Tocantins is so near to that of the Amazon, and their lower valleys are conterminous, it is convenient to treat them as parts of the same hydrographic basin.

  • In May 1895, on the urgent representations of Sir Henry Loch, the British government annexed Tongaland, including Kosi Bay, thus making the British and Portuguese boundaries conterminous on the coast of south-east Africa.

  • As applied by Linnaeus, the name Cactus is almost conterminous with what is now regarded as the natural order Cactaceae, which embraces several modern genera.

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