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[vi-sin-i-tee] 
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vicinity
[vi-sin-i-tee]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | local area |
| Synonyms: | around*, ballpark, district, environment, environs, hood, locality, nearness, neck of the woods, neighborhood, precinct, pretty near, propinquity, proximity, purlieus, range, region, surroundings, territory, turf*, vicinage |
| Antonyms: | faraway |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | district |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | geographical area |
| Synonyms: | commune, community, department, locale, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, parish, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, stomping ground, territory, turf*, vicinage, vicinity, ward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | environs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | neighborhood |
| Synonyms: | bound, boundary, compass, confine, district, fringes, limits, locality, outskirts, precinct, purlieus, suburb, surroundings, territory, turf, vicinity |
| Main Entry: | extent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range, magnitude |
| Synonyms: | admeasurement, ambit, amount, amplitude, area, bounds, breadth, bulk, capaciousness, compass, degree, dimensions, duration, elbowroom, expanse, expansion, extension, intensity, leeway, length, limit, mass, matter, measure, neighborhood, orbit, order, period of time, play, proliferation, proportions, purview, quantity, radius, reach, scope, size, space, spaciousness, span, sphere, stretch, sweep, term, territory, time, tract, tune, vicinity, volume, wideness, width |
| Main Entry: | locale/locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, locus, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, stomping ground, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone |
| Main Entry: | matter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, meaning |
| Synonyms: | amount, body, burden, consequence, content, core, extent, gist*, import, importance, magnitude, meat, moment, neighborhood, note, order, pith, range, sense, substance, text, tune, upshot, vicinity, weight |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, meaninglessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | neighborhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community, surroundings |
| Synonyms: | adjacency, area, block, closeness, confines, contiguity, district, environs, ghetto, hood, jungle*, locale, locality, nearness, neck of the woods, parish, part, precinct, propinquity, proximity, purlieus, quarter, region, section, slum, stomping ground, street, suburb, territory, tract, turf, vicinage, vicinity, ward, zone, zoo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outskirts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge of a geographic area |
| Synonyms: | bedroom community, border, boundary, edge, environs, limit, outpost, periphery, purlieu, purlieus, sticks, suburb, suburbia, vicinity |
| Antonyms: | center, downtown |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | location with purpose, function |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodation, apartment, area, berth, city, community, compass, corner, country, distance, district, domicile, dwelling, field, habitat, hamlet, hangout, hole*, home, house, joint, latitude, lay, locale, locality, locus, longitude, neighborhood, niche, nook, pad, part, plant, point, position, property, quarter, region, reservation, residence, room, seat, section, site, situation, spot, station, stead, suburb, town, venue, vicinity, village, volume, whereabouts, zone |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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