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

Need another word that means the same as “village”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “village” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Village” are: greenwich village, settlement, small town, hamlet, community, colony, outpost, encampment, district, neighbourhood, regional, city, town, provincial, parish

Village as a Noun

Definitions of "Village" as a noun

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

• A community of people smaller than a town.
• A select suburban shopping centre.
• A self-contained district or community within a town or city, regarded as having features characteristic of village life.
• A mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century.
• A settlement smaller than a town.
• A group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area.
• A small municipality with limited corporate powers.

Synonyms of "Village" as a noun (15 Words)

city	A town created a city by charter and usually containing a cathedral. Ancient Troy was a great city.
colony	A group of people living in a colony consisting of the original settlers and their descendants and successors. An artists colony.
community	A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other. The news spread rapidly through the medical community.
district	An area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity. A district health authority.
encampment	The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp. A Bedouin encampment.
greenwich village	A mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village’ became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century.
hamlet	The hero of William Shakespeare’s tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father.
neighbourhood	A district or community within a town or city. She lived in a wealthy neighbourhood of Boston.
outpost	A remote part of a country or empire. A few scattered outposts along the west coast.
parish	The local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor. A parish church.
provincial	An inhabitant of a province of a country or empire. A town populated by money grubbers philistines and self satisfied provincials.
regional	A sporting contest involving competitors from a particular region. The opening game of the Little League Senior Division Softball Eastern Regionals.
settlement	The action of allowing or helping people to establish settlements. One of the oldest Viking settlements in western Europe.
small town	The slender part of the back.
town	The permanent residents of a university town. Britain s major towns and cities.

Usage Examples of "Village" as a noun

• Pretty fishing villages.
• The village of Claxby.
• The village hall.
• The Olympic village.
• All the village could do was listen.

Associations of "Village" (30 Words)

bumpkin	An unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside. She thought Tom a bit of a country bumpkin.
city	A town created a city by charter and usually containing a cathedral. The staff were in turmoil it was panic city.
commune	A territorial division similar to a French commune in other countries. We all went out of Beijing by bus to spend a morning at a commune.
community	A group of people living in a particular local area. Community health services.
countryside	The inhabitants of countryside areas. The political influence of the countryside remains strong.
depopulate	Reduce in population. The epidemic depopulated the countryside.
emigrant	A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another. Emigrant workers.
farmstead	A farm together with its buildings.
ghetto	The Jewish quarter in a city. The Warsaw ghetto.
hamlet	A settlement smaller than a town.
hovel	A conical building enclosing a kiln. People were living in rat infested hovels.
idyll	An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll. The rural idyll remains strongly evocative in most industrialized societies.
idyllic	Suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene. His idyllic life in Tahiti.
local	Of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood. The local post office.
localization	The fact of being or becoming located or fixed in a particular place. The tug of war between the forces of globalization and localization.
municipal	Of or relating to the government 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	The outer parts of a town or city. He built a new factory on the outskirts of Birmingham.
parish	(in the Christian Church) a small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor. A parish church.
pastoral	(of land) used for the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle. A pastoral economy.
prefecture	The office of prefect. Enraged fans besieged the Prefecture of Police.
provincial	An official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order. Provincial towns.
rural	Living in or characteristic of farming or country life. Unpaved rural roads.
rustic	Characteristic of the fields or country. Rustic capitals were much easier to form.
slum	A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions. Businessmen are having to slum it in aircraft economy class seats.
suburban	Contemptibly dull and ordinary. Suburban life.
town	The particular town under consideration especially one s own town. The whole town cheered the team.
urban	In, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city. Hip hop s traditionally urban vibe.
villager	One who has lived in a village most of their life. Jose married a fellow villager.
yokel	An uneducated and unsophisticated person from the countryside.