vicinity

Other forms of vicinity

plural

vicinities·

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 vicinity

What does vicinity mean?

vicinity means "a surrounding or nearby region".

How many syllables are in vicinity?

vicinity has 4 syllables: vi-cin-i-ty. The stress falls on "cin". In IPA it is /vəˈsɪnəti/.

What is another word for vicinity?

Close synonyms include locality, 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 vicinity a common word?

vicinity 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.