neighborhood

Noun

Meaning

The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity.

A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region the inhabitants of which may be counted as neighbors; as, he lives in my neighborhood.

The inhabitants who live in the vicinity of each other; as, the fire alarmed all the neiborhood.

The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

vicinity quarter proximity locality area community region district section sector block zone territory neighbourhood suburb
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Antonyms

national central family community distance indigenous
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Hypernyms

country area community section indefinite quantity

Hyponyms

street hood gold coast place proximity scenery

Phrases with the word

There Goes the Neighborhood in the neighborhood in the neighborhood of in close neighborhood Margolus neighborhood entire neighborhood

Examples

I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood. Billy Wilder

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land. Jon Stewart

Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. Jane Austen

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20,000. Anthony Burgess

Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood. Russian Proverb

A wife and a nag, choose them from your neighborhood. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

neighbor tone neighbore neighboress neighborhood bar neighborhood border neighborhood electric vehicle