[syn: coextensive, coterminous, conterminous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Conterminous \Con*ter"mi*nous\, a. [L. conterminus. Cf.
Conterminous.]
Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon;
contiguous.
[1913 Webster]
This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to
the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. --Sir M.
Hale.
[1913 Webster] Conterranean
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
conterminous
adj 1: connecting without a break; within a common boundary;
"the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states"
[syn: conterminous, contiguous]
2: having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode
Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and
Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with
France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho";
"neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous,
contiguous, neighboring(a)]
3: being of equal extent or scope or duration [syn:
coextensive, coterminous, conterminous]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "conterminous":
accompanying, adjacent, adjoining, agreeing, bordering, buck,
coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting,
coinstantaneous, collateral, combat, concomitant, concurrent,
connecting, contemporaneous, contemporary, contend, contiguous,
coterminous, dispute, duel, end to end, endeavor, endways, endwise,
face to face, fight, immediate, isochronal, isochronous, joined,
juxtaposed, neighbor, neighboring, next, oppose, repel, rival,
simultaneous, traverse, unison, unisonous, vie, withstand