Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun neighbourhood

2 senses of neighbourhood

Sense 1
vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woods -- (a surrounding or nearby region; "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")
       => section -- (a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section")

Sense 2
neighborhood, neighbourhood -- (people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush")
       => community -- (a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community")