locality

Other forms of locality

plural

localities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about locality

What does locality mean?

locality means "a surrounding or nearby region".

How many syllables are in locality?

locality has 4 syllables: lo-cal-i-ty. The stress falls on "cal". In IPA it is /loʊˈkæləti/.

What is another word for locality?

Close synonyms include vicinity, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is locality a common word?

locality is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with locality?

3 words rhyme with locality. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.