neighborhood synonyms

neighborhood

n.

environs, block, vicinity, vicinage, locality, proximity, purlieus, district, adjacency, quarter, parish, closeness, nearness, precinct, ward, propinquity, community, contiguity, region, area, zone, section, suburb, part, tract; see also area 2.

in the neighborhood of*

about, approximately, close to; see near 1.

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