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 belt	Someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city.
conurbation	An aggregation or continuous network of urban communities. The major conurbations of London and Birmingham.
dormitory area	A college or university building containing living quarters for students.
dormitory town	A large sleeping room containing several beds.
suburbia	Suburbanites 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)

borough	An administrative division of London.
bucolic	Idyllically rustic. The church is lovely for its bucolic setting.
capital	A book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories. A conflict of interest between capital and labour.
city	A town created a city by charter and usually containing a cathedral. The city voted for Republicans in 1994.
civic	Of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals. A meeting of civic and business leaders.
commune	A territorial division similar to a French commune in other countries. He seemed to commune with nature.
community	Agreement as to goals. A rural community.
countryside	The inhabitants of countryside areas. They explored the surrounding countryside.
county	A sporting team playing for a county. Administration at county level.
depopulate	Reduce in population. The disease could depopulate a town the size of Bournemouth.
district	An area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity. A district health authority.
emigrant	A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another. Emigrant workers.
ghetto	Any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping. The relative security of the gay ghetto.
hamlet	A community of people smaller than a village.
local	A local train or bus service. The local seemed to take forever to get to New York.
metropolitan	Relating to or denoting a metropolitan or his see. Metropolitan Spain.
municipal	Relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality. International law only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law.
municipality	The governing body of a municipality. Voters in each municipality choose between four candidates.
outskirts	Outlying areas (as of a city or town. They lived on the outskirts of Houston.
populous	Having a large population; densely populated. The populous city of Shanghai.
prefecture	The 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.
rural	Living in or characteristic of farming or country life. Rural people.
rustic	Characteristic of rural life. Rustic stone walls.
slum	Spend 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.
sophisticate	Sophisticated. Readers who have been sophisticated by modern literary practice.
town	The particular town under consideration especially one s own town. Churchill was in town.
urban	Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area. Urban manners.
village	A self contained district or community within a town or city regarded as having features characteristic of village life. Pretty fishing villages.
villager	One who has lived in a village most of their life. Angry villagers have been forced to leave flooded areas.