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| Main Entry: |
metropolitan
 [me-truh-pol-i-tn] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning a city |
| Synonyms: | city, cosmopolitan, modern, municipal, urban, urbane |
| Antonyms: | country |
| Main Entry: | cosmopolitan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worldly-wise |
| Synonyms: | catholic, cultivated, cultured, ecumenical, global, gregarious, metropolitan, planetary, polished, public, smooth, sophisticated, universal, urbane, well-travelled, worldly, worldwide |
| Antonyms: | country, rural, rustic |
| 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 |
Example Sentences
- The biggest metropolitan employment gains over the past twelve months have accrued in a diverse array of places.
- Even if you do live in a metropolitan area buzzing with phone lines, actually getting your home hooked up can be a nightmare.
- Most of the congestion and excess fuel consumption is in major metropolitan areas.
| Main Entry: | newspaper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regular, continuous publication containing information |
| Synonyms: | biweekly, bulldog, community, daily, extra, gazette, journal, magazine, metropolitan, organ, paper, periodical, press, rag, record, review, scandal sheet, sheet, tabloid, trade, weekly |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | urban |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | city |
| Synonyms: | burghal, central, citified, civic, civil, downtown, inner-city, metropolitan, municipal, nonrural, oppidan, popular, public, town, village |
| Notes: | urban refers to a city; urbane means polished and smooth, as in a person's demeanor |
| Antonyms: | country, rural, suburban |
| Main Entry: | urbane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | civilized |
| Synonyms: | affable, balanced, bland, civil, cosmopolitan, courteous, cultivated, cultured, debonair, elegant, genteel, gracious, mannerly, metropolitan, obliging, poised, polished, polite, refined, smooth, sophisticated, suave, well-bred, well-mannered |
| Antonyms: | uncivilized, uncouth, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | downtown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | city |
| Synonyms: | business, central, main, metropolitan, midtown, urban |
| Antonyms: | residential, rural, suburban |
| Main Entry: | city slicker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sophisticated city person |
| Synonyms: | big-city person, city boy, city dweller, metropolitan, townie, urbanite |
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