neighbourhood

Nouns

  • (n) a surrounding or nearby region
    • the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
    • it is a rugged locality
    • he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
    • I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods
    locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, vicinity,
  • (n) people living near one another
    • it is a friendly neighborhood
    • my neighborhood voted for Bush
    neighborhood,

Synonyms

locality neck of the woods neighborhood vicinity

Words of close approximity