neighborhood

Other forms of neighborhood

plural

neighborhoods·

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 neighborhood

What does neighborhood mean?

neighborhood means "a surrounding or nearby region". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in neighborhood?

neighborhood has 3 syllables: neigh-bor-hood. The stress falls on "neigh". In IPA it is /ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/.

What is another word for neighborhood?

Close synonyms include vicinity, locality, neighbourhood, neck of the woods, neighbourhood. 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 neighborhood a common word?

neighborhood is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 neighborhood?

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