NEIGHBORHOOD as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • people living near one another
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • it is a friendly neighborhood
    • my neighborhood voted for Bush
    Hypernyms(s) neighborhood is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  2. Meaning
    • a surrounding or nearby region
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
    • it is a rugged locality
    • he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
    • I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods
    Hypernyms(s) neighborhood is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of”)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job
    • the price is in the neighborhood of $100
    Hypernyms(s) neighborhood is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower