proximity

Other forms of proximity

plural

proximities·

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 proximity

What does proximity mean?

proximity means "the property of being close together". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in proximity?

proximity has 4 syllables: prox-im-i-ty. The stress falls on "im". In IPA it is /pɹɑkˈsɪməti/.

What is another word for proximity?

Close synonyms include propinquity, law of proximity. 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 proximity a common word?

proximity is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.