'Propinquity' definitions:
Definition of 'propinquity'
(from WordNet)
noun
The property of being close together [syn: proximity, propinquity]
Definition of 'Propinquity'
From: GCIDE
- Propinquity \Pro*pin"qui*ty\, n. [L. propinquitas, from propinquus near, neighboring, from prope near.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Nearness in place; neighborhood; proximity. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Nearness in time. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Nearness of blood; kindred; affinity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'propinquity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- affairs,
- affiliation,
- affinity,
- agnation,
- alliance,
- ancestry,
- approach,
- approximation,
- assemblage,
- association,
- blood,
- blood relationship,
- bond,
- brotherhood,
- brothership,
- closeness,
- cognation,
- combination,
- common ancestry,
- common descent,
- confines,
- connectedness,
- connection,
- consanguinity,
- contiguity,
- contiguousness,
- contrariety,
- convergence,
- cousinhood,
- cousinship,
- dealings,
- deduction,
- disjunction,
- enation,
- environs,
- fatherhood,
- filiation,
- foreground,
- fraternity,
- homology,
- immediacy,
- immediate foreground,
- intercourse,
- intimacy,
- junction,
- kindred,
- kinship,
- liaison,
- link,
- linkage,
- linking,
- maternity,
- matrilineage,
- matriliny,
- matrisib,
- matrocliny,
- motherhood,
- mutual attraction,
- nearness,
- neighborhood,
- nighness,
- paternity,
- patrilineage,
- patriliny,
- patrisib,
- patrocliny,
- precinct,
- proximity,
- purlieus,
- rapport,
- relatedness,
- relation,
- relations,
- relationship,
- sibship,
- similarity,
- sisterhood,
- sistership,
- sympathy,
- tie,
- tie-in,
- ties of blood,
- union,
- vicinage,
- vicinity