vicinity

Definitions

The area near or surrounding a particular place.

Proximity or closeness in space or relationship.

Examples

There are several excellent restaurants in the immediate vicinity of the hotel.

Police searched the vicinity of the crime scene for any discarded evidence.

The temperature in the vicinity of the furnace was extremely high.

Synonyms

proximity neighborhood locality vicinage environs surroundings nearness

Antonyms

remoteness distance farness background separation outskirts extremity