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. Horst Pilger:

   My wife and I both thought 'bomb'. We looked into each other's eyes, five or 10 seconds later, there was a major, major, major blast in close vicinity. It was massive.

2. The Russian embassy in London:

   We would like the British side to share with us the information regarding the type of substance used and the correlation between this incident and other mysterious poisonings happening in the vicinity of the secret military chemical laboratory in Porton Down.

3. Joseph Guastella:

   This dangerous and escalatory attack was irresponsible and occurred in the vicinity of established air corridors between Dubai, UAE, and Muscat, Oman, possibly endangering innocent civilians.

4. Inspector Richard Murray:

   We received a report around 5pm Sunday about a group of people dressed as Ku Klux Klan members in the vicinity of Greenwell Street in the town on Saturday night, we are also aware of images that are circulating that show people dressed as Ku Klux Klan members. Our inquiries are ongoing, and we are treating this as a hate incident at this time.

5. 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.