| n. | 1. | The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance. |
| Noun | 1. | proximity - the property of being close together Synonyms: propinquity |
| 2. | proximity - the region close around a person or thing | |
| 3. | proximity - a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit Synonyms: law of proximity |
PROXIMITY. Kindred between two persons. Dig. 38, 16, 8.
accord, addition, adjacency, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, alliance, approach, approximation, assemblage, association, bond, closeness, combination, confines, connectedness, connection, contiguity, contiguousness, contrariety, convergence, dealings, deduction, disjunction, environs, filiation, foreground, homology, immediacy, immediate foreground, intercourse, intimacy, junction, juxtaposition, liaison, link, linkage, linking, mutual attraction, nearness, neighborhood, nighness, precinct, propinquity, purlieus, rapport, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, similarity, sympathy, tie, tie-in, togetherness, union, vicinage