hereabout

In this vicinity

Hereabout means in this general area or vicinity: Is there a gas station hereabout?

The word is somewhat old-fashioned, more common in rural or regional speech.

The plural hereabouts carries the same meaning and is slightly more frequent: Nobody hereabouts has seen anything like it.

vicinity

nearby

At small distance

environs · locale · area · region · proximity · closeness · nearness · adjacency · immediate · close by

locale

neighborhood

Residential area nearby

sector · quarter · precinct · tract · domain · patch · spot · location · site · grounds

boundary

edge

Boundary or sharpness

limit · perimeter · margin · fringe · outskirts · bounds · extent · reach · scope · range

Opposites
spatial proximity

hereaboutelsewhere

In some other place

far away · thereabouts · yonder · over there · afar

Family

whereabouts, hereabouts, thereabout

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