Synonyms & related words for vicinity

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of vicinity — including locality, neighborhood, proximity, environs, nearness, propinquity. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to vicinity

Explore words related to vicinity — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include nearby, near, approximal, nearish, circumjacent, adjacent, purlieu, adjacency. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for vicinity

Common synonyms for vicinity include locality, neighborhood, proximity, environs, nearness, propinquity, area, vicinage — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does vicinity come from?

The word vicinity breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root vicin-, from Latin vicinus (“neighboring”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.