Adjacent
Adjacent adjective - Having a border in common.
Usage example: their house is adjacent to a wooded park
Nearest and adjacent are semantically related In some cases you can use "Nearest" instead an adjective "Adjacent".
Nearby Words: adjacency, adjacently
Nearest
Nearest adverb - (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance.
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Rather than go down fighting, these players drive off cliffs, into water, or (in the case of artillery) fire their giant high-explosive shells into the nearest adjacent wall to kill themselves via splash damage.
Source: Better to Die than Be Killed
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