Meanings
plural vicinities
- Proximity; the state of being near.
There was a crackling sound in the vicinity of my right ear.
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The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC - Neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.
There is a hurricane in the vicinity of the Bahamas.
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O suitably-attired-in-leather-boots Head of a traveller, wherefore seeking whom Whence by what way how purposed art thou come To this well-nightingaled vicinity?
1883, A. E. Housman, Fragment of a Greek TragedyAl Jazeera's Scott Heidler, reporting from Bangkok, said hundreds of Yingluck's supporters gathered outside the Bangkok Supreme Court to await the verdict but were not allowed in the vicinity.
2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera - Approximate size or amount.
I weigh in the vicinity of 80kg.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna surrounding or nearby region
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek περίχωρος
- περίχωρος (períkhōros)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
Arabic قُرْب, جِوَار
- قُرْب (qurb)proximity, or the state of being near
- جِوَار (jiwār)proximity, or the state of being near
- مُحِيط (muḥīṭ)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
Bengali কাছ, বরাত
- কাছ (kach)proximity, or the state of being near
- বরাত (borat)proximity, or the state of being near
Bulgarian бли́зост, съсе́дство
- бли́зост (blízost)proximity, or the state of being near
- съсе́дство (săsédstvo)proximity, or the state of being near
- съседство (săsedstvo)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- околност (okolnost)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
Catalan veïnatge, voltants
- veïnatgeproximity, or the state of being near
- voltantsneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- encontornsneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- (al) voltant (de)approximate size or amount
Chinese Cantonese 附近, 周圍 /周围
- 附近 (fu⁶ gan⁶)proximity, or the state of being near
- 周圍 /周围 (zau¹ wai⁴)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
Chinese Mandarin 附近, 鄰近 /邻近
- 附近 (fùjìn)proximity, or the state of being near
- 鄰近 /邻近 (línjìn)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- 周圍 /周围 (zhōuwéi)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
Czech blízkost, sousedství
- blízkostproximity, or the state of being near
- sousedstvíproximity, or the state of being near
- okolíneighbourhood, or the nearby region
Danish nærhed, nabolag
- nærhedproximity, or the state of being near
- nabolagneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- omegnneighbourhood, or the nearby region
Dutch nabijheid, buurt
- nabijheidproximity, or the state of being near
- buurtneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- omgevingneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- schattingapproximate size or amount
Finnish läheisyys, läheisyys
- läheisyysproximity, or the state of being near
- läheisyysneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- lähiseutuneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- lähialueneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- suuruusluokkaapproximate size or amount
- kokoluokkaapproximate size or amount
- likimääräapproximate size or amount
French voisinage, vicinité
- voisinageproximity, or the state of being near
- viciniténeighbourhood, or the nearby region
- environsneighbourhood, or the nearby region
German Nähe, Nachbarschaft
- Näheproximity, or the state of being near
- Nachbarschaftneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- Umgebungneighbourhood, or the nearby region
Greek γειτνίαση
- γειτνίαση (geitníasi)proximity, or the state of being near
Hebrew קרבה, סביבה
- קרבה (kirvá)proximity, or the state of being near
- סביבה (svivá)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
Hungarian közel
- közelneighbourhood, or the nearby region
Irish comharsanacht
- comharsanachtneighbourhood, or the nearby region
Italian vicinanza, dintorni
- vicinanzaproximity, or the state of being near
- dintornineighbourhood, or the nearby region
- intornoapproximate size or amount
Japanese 近傍, 付近
- 近傍 (kinbō)proximity, or the state of being near
- 付近 (fukin)proximity, or the state of being near
- 近所 (kinjo)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- 付近 (fukin)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- 周辺 (shūhen)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- 近似量 (kinjiryō)approximate size or amount
- 概算 (gaisan)approximate size or amount
Korean 근처, 부근
- 근처 (geuncheo)proximity, or the state of being near
- 부근 (bugeun)proximity, or the state of being near
- 근처 (geuncheo)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- 부근 (bugeun)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
Māori tatanga
- tatanganeighbourhood, or the nearby region
Norwegian nærhet
- nærhetproximity, or the state of being near
Polish pobliże, sąsiedztwo
- pobliżeproximity, or the state of being near
- sąsiedztwoproximity, or the state of being near
- bliskośćproximity, or the state of being near
- sąsiedztwoneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- okolicaneighbourhood, or the nearby region
Portuguese vizinhança, vizinhança
- vizinhançaproximity, or the state of being near
- vizinhançaneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- arredoresneighbourhood, or the nearby region
Romanian apropiere, vecinătate
- apropiereproximity, or the state of being near
- vecinătateneighbourhood, or the nearby region
Russian бли́зость, сосе́дство
- бли́зость (blízostʹ)proximity, or the state of being near
- сосе́дство (sosédstvo)proximity, or the state of being near
- окре́стность (okréstnostʹ)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- окру́га (okrúga)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
Scottish Gaelic àrainn
- àrainnneighbourhood, or the nearby region
Slovak blízkosť, susedstvo
- blízkosťproximity, or the state of being near
- susedstvoproximity, or the state of being near
- okolieneighbourhood, or the nearby region
Spanish vecindad, proximidad
- vecindadproximity, or the state of being near
- proximidadproximity, or the state of being near
- cercaníasneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- inmediacionesneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- alrededoresneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- vecindadneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- unosapproximate size or amount
- aproximadamenteapproximate size or amount
- alrededor deapproximate size or amount
- algo ansí comoapproximate size or amount
Swedish närhet, grannskap
- närhetproximity, or the state of being near
- grannskapneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- traktneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- närområdeneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- storleksordningapproximate size or amount
- närhetapproximate size or amount
Turkish mahal, civar
- mahalproximity, or the state of being near
- civarproximity, or the state of being near
- yakınlıkproximity, or the state of being near
- komşulukneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- yöreneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- civarneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- çevreneighbourhood, or the nearby region
- civar (in usage, 'civarında')approximate size or amount
Ukrainian бли́зькість, сусі́дство
- бли́зькість (blýzʹkistʹ)proximity, or the state of being near
- сусі́дство (susídstvo)proximity, or the state of being near
- око́лиця (okólycja)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- окру́га (okrúha)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
- о́кіл (ókil)neighbourhood, or the nearby region
Urdu اطراف
- اطراف (atarāf)proximity, or the state of being near
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with vicinity
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vicinity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vicinity
“vicinity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vicinity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vicinity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vicinity.
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