neighborhood

American  

[ney-ber-hood] / ˈneɪ bərˌhʊd /

noun

• neighborhoods
  plural

1. 

   the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity.

   the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.

2. a district or locality, often with reference to its character or inhabitants.

   a fashionable neighborhood; to move to a nicer neighborhood.

   Synonyms:

   vicinity, locale, area, community

3. a number of persons living near one another or in a particular locality.

   The whole neighborhood was there.

4. neighborly feeling or conduct.

5. nearness; proximity.

   to sense the neighborhood of trouble.

6. Mathematics. an open set that contains a given point.

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idioms

1. in the neighborhood of, approximately; nearly; about.

   She looks to be in the neighborhood of 70.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• neighborhoods
  plural

Etymology

Origin of neighborhood

First recorded in 1400–50, neighborhood is from the late Middle English word neighborehode. See neighbor, -hood

Explanation

Use the noun neighborhood when you're talking about a community within a town or city. Getting to know the people and places in your neighborhood can make you feel right at home in a city of millions. A neighborhood can be created by lines on a map that designate a district, or it can grow over time to become a neighborhood with a certain personality, based on who lives there. You can also use neighborhood to describe something nearby, like promising to visit a friend the next time you are in the neighborhood — or something that's approximate, like a restaurants whose burgers are in the neighborhood of ten dollars.

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

neighborhood neighborhoods

The project will be on the former site of a Home Depot and a car dealership in the city’s St. John neighborhood, which is a majority-minority area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

This all comes in the weeks before Anthropic is expected to proceed with a landmark IPO that reports say could value the company in the neighborhood of $2 trillion.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026

Offering lunch seven days a week at some of his places is better business, Reitz added, partly because it encourages neighborhood customers to become regulars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

With a longstanding presence in London and a budding location in Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood, L.A. presented itself as the next natural evolution in the brand’s legacy, though many questioned the move.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

They sort of looked like the ivy that clung to the side of a really old building in his neighborhood.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Residents in various cities and neighborhoods — Crenshaw, Huntington Park, Bell, West Adams, Mid-City, Gardena and more — posted online that they felt the tremors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Orange County has been rehabbing critical pump stations that can be used if floodwaters threaten neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The world is still dangerous and humanity still capable of unspeakable evil, but most neighborhoods bear little resemblance to lawless frontiers of old.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Located just a short distance from the Gurney’s Montauk Resort, the property is located in one of the most sought-after neighborhoods in Montauk.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Farmer had first met Father Jack when the priest was at St. Mary’s parish in Roxbury, one of Boston’s run-down, largely African American neighborhoods.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Related Words

• area
• block
• district
• parish
• part
• precinct
• region
• section
• street
• suburb
• territory
• zone