contiguous

Questions about contiguous

What does contiguous mean?

contiguous means "very close or connected in space or time". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in contiguous?

contiguous has 4 syllables: con-tig-u-ous. The stress falls on "tig". In IPA it is /kənˈtɪɡjuəs/.

What is another word for contiguous?

Close synonyms include immediate, conterminous, adjacent, conterminous, neighboring. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is contiguous a common word?

contiguous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.