ambience

ambience
    n 1: a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there
         was an atmosphere of excitement" [syn: {atmosphere},
         {ambiance}, {ambience}]
    2: the atmosphere of an environment [syn: {ambiance},
       {ambience}]
    

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "ambience":
      alentours, ambient, ambit, atmosphere, borderlands, circle,
      circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, climate,
      compass, context, entourage, environing circumstances, environment,
      environs, gestalt, habitat, medium, milieu, mise-en-scene,
      neighborhood, outposts, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, precincts,
      purlieus, situation, suburbs, surroundings, total environment,
      vicinage, vicinity