Synonyms for proximity
Most common
All synonyms
Noun
1. Vicinity — closeness; the state of being near in space, time, or relationship
vicinity, nearness, closeness, contiguity, neighborhood US, neighbourhood UK, adjacency, juxtaposition, propinquity formal, vicinage
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Closeness; the state of being near in space, time, or relationship.
You and I live in close proximity.
Forms
- Plural
- proximities → vicinities, nearnesses, closenesses, contiguities…
Example sentences
- vicinity We've chosen a hotel in the vicinity of the museum.
- closeness I don't fear the closeness between different peoples.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| proximity | rising | |
| vicinity | falling | |
| closeness | rising | |
| nearness | steady | |
| contiguity | steady | |
| nighness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- vicinity4, nearness, vicinage, nighness
- 9 letters
- closeness2, adjacency
- 10 letters
- contiguity
- 11 letters
- propinquity
- 12 letters
- neighborhood3
- 13 letters
- neighbourhood3, juxtaposition5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vicinity4 = 4 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- proximité
- Italiano
- prossimità
- Deutsch
- Nähe