Synonyms for vicinity
vɪˈsɪn ɪ tivicin·i·ty

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1. vicinity

   Synonyms:
   juxtaposition, neighborhood, nearness, proximity

   Antonyms:
   distance, remoteness, separation, removal

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1. vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woodsnoun

   a surrounding or nearby region

   "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"

   Synonyms:
   neighbourhood, neighborhood, region, neck of the woods, locality

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1. vicinitynoun

   Synonyms:
   nearness, proximity

2. vicinitynoun

   Synonyms:
   neighborhood, vicinage

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1. vicinitynoun

   Synonyms:
   neighborhood, vicinage, nearness, propinquity, proximity

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1. List of paraphrases for "vicinity":

   proximity, near, nearby, neighbourhood, neighbourliness, neighborhood, closeness, close, neighbouring, moheet, adjacent

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1. Alex Drak:

   We see a lot of marine life, different types of fish, in the vicinity to the discharge point.

2. Glenn Godenho:

   Its quite normal for Egyptians to want to be buried near their influential leaders, and Kathleen [Martinez] has made some remarkable discoveries in the vicinity that feature in the film [documentary], including a once gold-leaf covered mummy. This definitely makes for [interesting] TV, but suggesting that people at this site are crowding around [Cleopatras tomb] specifically is a tough argument to make.

3. Gabi Boerkircher:

   We're asking people pretty much anywhere in that vicinity to be sure they're making an evacuation plan.

4. Amit Shadman:

   Farmhouses during this period served as small settlements of sorts, whose inhabitants participated in processing agricultural produce, the numerous winepresses discovered in the vicinity of the settlement indicate the wine industry was the most important branch of agriculture in the region.

5. John Allen:

   As you recall about this time last year, we were all facing the horror of what was happening in the vicinity of Sinjar to the Yazidi people. A year later, Kurdish forces, some number of thousands of them, have launched into the attack to push Daesh (ISIS) out of that area.