English

Detailed Synonyms for neighbourhood in English

neighbourhood:

neighbourhood [the ~] noun, British

  1. the neighbourhood
    the environment; the neighbourhood; the vicinity; the environs; the neighborhood
  2. the neighbourhood
    – people living near one another 1
    the neighbourhood; the neighborhood
    – people living near one another 1
    • neighbourhood [the ~] noun, British
    • neighborhood [the ~] noun, American
      • it is a friendly neighborhood1
      • my neighborhood voted for Bush1
  3. the neighbourhood
    – a surrounding or nearby region 1
    the vicinity; the neighbourhood; the locality; the neck of the woods; the neighborhood
    – a surrounding or nearby region 1
    • vicinity [the ~] noun
      • the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville1
    • neighbourhood [the ~] noun, British
    • locality [the ~] noun
      • it is a rugged locality1
    • neck of the woods [the ~] noun
      • I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods1
    • neighborhood [the ~] noun, American
      • he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood1
  4. the neighbourhood
    – an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community) 1
    the neighbourhood; the neighborhood
    – an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community) 1
  5. the neighbourhood
    – the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') 1
    the neighbourhood; the region; the neighborhood
    – the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') 1
    • neighbourhood [the ~] noun, British
    • region [the ~] noun
      • it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job1
    • neighborhood [the ~] noun, American
      • the price is in the neighborhood of $1001

Alternate Synonyms for "neighbourhood":


Related Definitions for "neighbourhood":

  1. people living near one another1
  2. a surrounding or nearby region1

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