| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | metropolitan |
| Synonyms: | burghal, citified, civic, civil, interurban, intraurban, megalopolitan, municipal, urban |
| Notes: | city first was used for any settlement regardless of size; the modern distinction between town and city developed during the 14th century |
| Antonyms: | rural |
| Main Entry: | city |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Adjectives: |
| Main Entry: | area |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | region, district |
| Synonyms: | belt, block, city, county, division, domain, dominion, enclosure, field, kingdom, locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, patch, plot, precinct, principality, quarter, section, sector, sphere, square, state, stretch, territory, township, tract, turf, vicinity, ward, zone |
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point of attraction for visitors, shoppers, travelers |
| Synonyms: | capital, city, club, concourse, crossroads, focal point, focus, heart, hub, mall, market, marketplace, mart, meeting place, metropolis, nerve center, plaza, polestar, shopping center, social center, station, town, trading center |
| Main Entry: | constituency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voting public |
| Synonyms: | balloters, body of voters, body politic, citizenry, city, county, district, electorate, electors, faction, nation, people, precinct, state, system, voters, voting area, ward |
| Main Entry: | metropolitan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning a city |
| Synonyms: | city, cosmopolitan, modern, municipal, urban, urbane |
| Antonyms: | country |
| Main Entry: | municipal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning cities |
| Synonyms: | borough, burghal, city, civic, civil, community, corporate, domestic, home, incorporated, internal, local, metropolitan, native, public, town, urban |
| Antonyms: | country, suburban |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | location with purpose, function |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodation, apartment, area, berth, city, community, compass, corner, country, distance, district, domicile, dwelling, field, habitat, hamlet, hangout, hole*, home, house, joint, latitude, lay, locale, locality, locus, longitude, neighborhood, niche, nook, pad, part, plant, point, position, property, quarter, region, reservation, residence, room, seat, section, site, situation, spot, station, stead, suburb, town, venue, vicinity, village, volume, whereabouts, zone |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
| Main Entry: | public |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | community, general |
| Synonyms: | accessible, city, civic, civil, common, communal, conjoint, conjunct, country, federal, free, free to all, government, governmental, intermutual, metropolitan, municipal, mutual, national, not private, open, open-door, popular, social, state, universal, unrestricted, urban, widespread, without charge |
| Antonyms: | particular, private, specific |