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Synonyms of neighbourhood in English:

neighbourhood


See UK English definition of neighbourhood

noun

1‘a quiet neighbourhood’

SYNONYMS
district, area, locality, locale, quarter, community, part, region, zone
informal neck of the woods, parts
British informal manor
North American informal hood, nabe

2‘in the neighbourhood of Canterbury’

SYNONYMS
vicinity, surrounding area, surrounding district, environs, purlieus, precincts, proximity
North American vicinage

Phrases

    in the neighbourhood of

    ‘the cost was believed to be in the neighbourhood of $4. 5m’


    SYNONYMS
    approximately, about, around, roughly, in the region of, of the order of, not far off, nearly, almost, close to, just about, practically, more or less, or so, there or thereabouts, as near as dammit to
    British getting on for
    circa
    North American informal in the ballpark of