'neighbourhood' definitions:
Definition of 'neighbourhood'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods]
noun
People living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush" [syn: neighborhood, neighbourhood]
Definition of 'neighbourhood'
From: GCIDE
- neighbour \neighbour\, neighbouring \neighbouring\, neighbourhood \neighbourhood\, neighbourly \neighbourly\ Same as neighbor, neighboring, neighborhood, neighborly. [Chiefly Brit.] [PJC]
Synonyms of 'neighbourhood'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about,
- almost,
- approximately,
- area,
- around,
- close to,
- confines,
- district,
- environs,
- locale,
- locality,
- more or less,
- nearly,
- practically,
- precincts,
- purlieus,
- quarter,
- region,
- surroundings,
- vicinage,
- vicinity