Abutting and Distant

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Abutting adjective - Having a border in common.

Usage example: the new neighbors promptly erected fences between their property and the abutting properties

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Distant is an antonym for abutting.

Nearby Word: abutted

Distant adjective - Not close in time or space.

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Abutting is an antonym for distant.

Nearby Words: distance, distantly

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