Synonyms for neighborhood
- noun
- American English
Most common
All synonyms
Noun
Other
suburbs, region, surroundings, adjacency, approximation, neighborship rare US, neighbourship UK
Definitions
- n. 1
The residential area near one's home.
He lives in my neighborhood.
Related words
- Word family
- neighborship
- Phrases
- gay neighborhood
- Other spellings
- neighbourhood UK
Forms
- Plural
- neighborhoods → vicinities, localities, districts, proximities…
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Nearness, neighborhood, and propinquity are commonly used of place; approximation, of mathematical calculations and abstract reasoning; we speak of approach to the shore, nearness to the town, approximation to the truth.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- district Here's a list of postcodes for the whole district.
- vicinity We've chosen a hotel in the vicinity of the museum.
- locality The locality does not count for much in Japan.
- suburbs It being a fine day, I took a walk in the suburbs.
- surroundings He tried to adapt himself to his new surroundings.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| neighborhood | steady | |
| district | falling | |
| vicinity | falling | |
| locality | falling | |
| suburbs | steady | |
| surroundings | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- region2
- 7 letters
- quarter2, suburbs2
- 8 letters
- district2, vicinity4, locality4, vicinage
- 9 letters
- proximity4, adjacency
- 11 letters
- propinquity
- 12 letters
- surroundings3, neighborship
- 13 letters
- approximation5, neighbourship
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (region2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- voisinage
- Italiano
- vicinanza
- Español
- vecindario
- Deutsch
- Nachbarschaft