in the neighborhood
Within the vicinity
In the neighborhood means nearby or in the surrounding area: Is there a good coffee shop in the neighborhood?
The phrase also indicates an approximate amount: The repairs will cost in the neighborhood of five thousand dollars.
This second sense treats a number as a location you're close to without being exactly there.
- ballpark figureRough numerical estimate
- in the ballparkNear enough to count
- proximateVery near in position
- roughlyIn approximate terms
- adjacentDirectly next to
vicinity · close · comparable · nearby · just around the corner · down the street · more or less · contiguous · educated guess · local · analogous · similar · round about · akin · give or take · related · surrounding · within reach
- proximitynear, close, nearby, nearness, proximity
- approximationsabout, approximately, around, roughly, almost
- estimatesestimate, estimation, ballpark, ballpark estimate, rough estimate
- almostalmost, nearly, about, approximately, roughly
in the neighborhoodfar away
At considerable distance
distant · nowhere near · far from · remote · far-off
in the neighborhoodexactly
With total accuracy
precisely · on the dot · on the nose · spot on · to the letter
neighbor, neighborhood, neighboring, neighborly, neighbors, neighbour, neighbours, neighborhoods, neighbourhood