Antonyms for vicinity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : vi-sin-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : vɪˈsɪn ɪ ti

faraway

Definition of vicinity

Origin : 1560, "nearness in place," from Latin vicinitas "of or pertaining to neighbors or a neighborhood," from vicinus "neighbor, neighboring," from vicus "group of houses, village," related to the -wick, -wich in English place names, from PIE *weik- (see villa). Meaning "surrounding district" is first attested 1796.

noun local area

Example sentences :

It was evidently changed by the vicinity of the larger river.
Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell

In height he was about five feet ten inches; and in age, somewhere in the vicinity of thirty.
Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh

None of the strongholds are proof against Irish sympathizers, in their vicinity.
Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh

Especially did she search the loose, sandy soil in its vicinity for tracks.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

In the vicinity of the Grotto one could see now as clearly as in the daytime.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Two bedrooms in the vicinity of the sitting-room were assigned to us.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

The people of the vicinity have erected a temple there for the Dragon Princess.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

Yet for some time No. 13 had looked like all the other houses in the vicinity.
Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various

I could detect no lifeboats in the vicinity nor could I raise any on the radio.
Extract from : « The Issahar Artifacts » by Jesse Franklin Bone

"It ought to be somewhere in this vicinity," he suddenly said.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for vicinity

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