urban
[adjective]
Synonyms: civic, city, metropolitan, municipal, town

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Antonyms: rural
Related Words: inner city, metropolitan, civic, popular, public, oppidan, town, village

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English Thesaurus: city, town, capital, metropolis, urban, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ur‧ban W2 /ˈɜːbən $ ˈɜːr-/ adjective [only before noun]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: urbanus 'urban, sophisticated', from urbs 'city']

1. relating to towns and cities Antonym : rural ⇒ suburban:
unemployment in urban areas
the deprived sections of the urban population

2. relating to music such as rap, R & B, reggae etc that is mainly played by black singers and musicians

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

city a large area with houses, shops, offices etc that is often the centre of government for an area. A city is bigger than a town:
The nearest big city is San Francisco.
town a large area with houses, shops, offices etc. A town is smaller than a city:
La Coruña is a pretty seaside town.
capital (also capital city) the city where the government of a country or state is:
We travelled to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
metropolis a big busy city that is full of people and activity:
After 1850 Paris grew quickly into a busy metropolis.
urban adjective [only before noun] relating to towns and cities:
Air pollution is particularly bad in urban areas.
urban development
the outskirts the area around the edge of a city or just outside it:
Disneyland is on the outskirts of Paris.
suburb an area around the edges of a city, where many people live:
He lives in a suburb of London.
⇒ the suburbs:
More and more people are moving to the suburbs.

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