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neighborhood - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | neighborhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community, surroundings |
| Synonyms: | area, block, closeness, confines, district, environs, ghetto, hood, jungle*, locale, nearness, neck of the woods, parish, part, precinct, propinquity, proximity, quarter, region, section, slum, street, suburb, territory, tract, turf, vicinity, ward, zone, zoo, adjacency, contiguity, locality, purlieus, stomping ground, vicinage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | communal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | collective; shared |
| Synonyms: | common, community, cooperative, general, joint, mutual, neighborhood, public, communistic, conjoint, conjunct, intermutual |
| Antonyms: | individual, personal, private, unshared |
| Main Entry: | commune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group living together |
| Synonyms: | collective, community, cooperative, family, kibbutz, municipality, neighborhood, rank and file, village, commonage, commonality |
| Main Entry: | district |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | geographical area |
| Synonyms: | commune, community, department, locale, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, parish, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, territory, turf*, vicinity, ward, locality, stomping ground, vicinage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, entourage, habitat, hood*, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo, ambiance, encompassment, purlieus, stomping ground |
| Notes: | environment emerged linked with nature, implying 'natural' (not human, not cultural) surroundings; ecology emerged as a scientific effort to connect organisms (such as the human) to their environments environment is the area in which something exists or lives; habitat is a the place or type of place where a person or thing is most likely to be found |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range, magnitude |
| Synonyms: | ambit, amount, area, breadth, bulk, capaciousness, compass, degree, dimensions, duration, expanse, expansion, extension, intensity, leeway, length, limit, mass, matter, measure, neighborhood, orbit, order, play, proliferation, proportions, quantity, radius, reach, scope, size, space, span, sphere, stretch, sweep, term, territory, time, tract, tune, vicinity, volume, width, admeasurement, amplitude, bounds, elbowroom*, period of time, purview, spaciousness, wideness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | local |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of a community, restricted to immediate area |
| Synonyms: | bounded, civic, confined, district, geographical, insular, legendary, limited, narrow, neighborhood, parish, parochial, provincial, regional, sectarian, sectional, territorial, town, vernacular, divisional, small-town |
| Antonyms: | foreign, nonnative |
| Main Entry: | locale/locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone, locus, stomping ground |
| Main Entry: | location |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of residence or activity |
| Synonyms: | area, district, fix*, hole, locale, neck of the woods, neighborhood, part, point, position, post, region, scene, section, site, situation, spot, station, tract, turf, venue, whereabouts, bearings, locality, locus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | milieu |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | ambience, background, bag, climate, element, locale, location, medium, neighborhood, place, scene, setting, space, sphere, surroundings, turf, ambient, mise-en-scène, nabe |
| Main Entry: | precinct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subdivision |
| Synonyms: | area, community, department, development, district, division, neighborhood, province, quarter, section, tract, ward, zone |
| Main Entry: | realm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of responsibility or rule |
| Synonyms: | branch, compass, country, department, dimension, domain, dominion, empire, expanse, extent, field, ground, kingdom, land, monarchy, neck of the woods, neighborhood, orbit, place, province, radius, range, reach, region, scope, sphere, state, sweep, territory, turf*, world, zone, principality, purview, stomping grounds |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | region |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, domain; scope |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, belt, block, clearing, country, district, division, domain, dominion, environs, expanse, field, ghetto, ground, inner city, jungle, land, locale, neighborhood, part, place, precinct, province, quarter, range, realm, scene, section, sector, sphere, suburb, terrain, territory, tract, turf*, vicinity, walk, ward, world, zone, demesne, locality, neck of woods, shire, stomping ground |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scenery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings |
| Synonyms: | backdrop, decor, flat, furnishings, furniture, landscape, neighborhood, prospect, set, setting, spectacle, sphere, stage setting, terrain, view, vista, flats, mise en scène, properties, props, stage set |
| Main Entry: | surroundings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
| Synonyms: | ambience, atmosphere, background, climate, community, environs, home, location, medium, milieu, neighborhood, setting, vicinity |
| Main Entry: | territory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domain, region |
| Synonyms: | area, belt, block, boundary, colony, commonwealth, country, district, dominion, empire, expanse, extent, field, land, mandate, nation, neck of the woods, neighborhood, province, quarter, section, sector, sphere, state, street, terrain, tract, turf*, walk, zone, enclave, exclave, stomping grounds, terrene, township |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vicinity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | local area |
| Synonyms: | around*, district, environment, environs, hood, nearness, neck of the woods, neighborhood, precinct, propinquity, proximity, range, region, surroundings, territory, turf*, ballpark, locality, pretty near, purlieus, vicinage |
| Antonyms: | faraway |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | locale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting |
| Synonyms: | area, bailiwick, belt, district, domain, haunt, hole, home, location, neighborhood, place, position, region, scene, sector, site, sphere, spot, stage, territory, theater, tract, turf, venue, vicinity, zone, locality, locus, stomping ground |
| Main Entry: | neck of the woods |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a particular area |
| Synonyms: | backyard, neighborhood, region, stamping ground, vicinity, locality, vicinage |
| Main Entry: | community |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | society, area of people |
| Synonyms: | association, body politic, center, colony, commonwealth, company, district, hamlet, nation, neck of the woods, neighborhood, people, populace, public, society, state, territory, turf, commonality, general public, locality, residents, stomping ground |
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