SUBURB: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SUBURB?

Need another word that means the same as “suburb”? Find 5 synonyms and 30 related words for “suburb” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Suburb” are: suburbia, dormitory area, dormitory town, commuter belt, conurbation

Suburb as a Noun

Definitions of "Suburb" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “suburb” as a noun can have the following definitions:

  • An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
  • A residential district located on the outskirts of a city.

Synonyms of "Suburb" as a noun (5 Words)

commuter beltSomeone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city.
conurbationAn aggregation or continuous network of urban communities.
The major conurbations of London and Birmingham.
dormitory areaA college or university building containing living quarters for students.
dormitory townA large sleeping room containing several beds.
suburbiaSuburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture.
The sprawl of suburbia into the surrounding countryside.

Usage Examples of "Suburb" as a noun

  • A working-class suburb.
  • A highly respectable suburb of Chicago.
  • Life is much better in the suburbs.

Associations of "Suburb" (30 Words)

boroughAn administrative division of London.
bucolicIdyllically rustic.
The church is lovely for its bucolic setting.
capitalA book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories.
A conflict of interest between capital and labour.
cityA town created a city by charter and usually containing a cathedral.
The city voted for Republicans in 1994.
civicOf or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals.
A meeting of civic and business leaders.
communeA territorial division similar to a French commune in other countries.
He seemed to commune with nature.
communityAgreement as to goals.
A rural community.
countrysideThe inhabitants of countryside areas.
They explored the surrounding countryside.
countyA sporting team playing for a county.
Administration at county level.
depopulateReduce in population.
The disease could depopulate a town the size of Bournemouth.
districtAn area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity.
A district health authority.
emigrantA person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.
Emigrant workers.
ghettoAny segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping.
The relative security of the gay ghetto.
hamletA community of people smaller than a village.
localA local train or bus service.
The local seemed to take forever to get to New York.
metropolitanRelating to or denoting a metropolitan or his see.
Metropolitan Spain.
municipalRelating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality.
International law only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law.
municipalityThe governing body of a municipality.
Voters in each municipality choose between four candidates.
outskirtsOutlying areas (as of a city or town.
They lived on the outskirts of Houston.
populousHaving a large population; densely populated.
The populous city of Shanghai.
prefectureThe office of prefect.
Enraged fans besieged the Prefecture of Police.
provincial(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order.
Narrow provincial attitudes.
ruralLiving in or characteristic of farming or country life.
Rural people.
rusticCharacteristic of rural life.
Rustic stone walls.
slumSpend time at a lower social level than one’s own through curiosity or for charitable purposes.
Businessmen are having to slum it in aircraft economy class seats.
sophisticateSophisticated.
Readers who have been sophisticated by modern literary practice.
townThe particular town under consideration especially one s own town.
Churchill was in town.
urbanRelating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
Urban manners.
villageA self contained district or community within a town or city regarded as having features characteristic of village life.
Pretty fishing villages.
villagerOne who has lived in a village most of their life.
Angry villagers have been forced to leave flooded areas.

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