| Main Entry: | citify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imbue with city ways |
Synonyms: |
metropolitanize, urbanize |
| Main Entry: | city |
| 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: | sophisticated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cosmopolitan, cultured |
Synonyms: |
adult, artificial, been around, blasé, bored, citified, cool*, couth, cultivated, cynical, disenchanted, disillusioned, experienced, in, in the know, into*, jaded, jet-set, knowing, laid-back*, mature, mondaine, on to, practical, practiced, refined, schooled, seasoned, sharp, skeptical, smooth, stagy, streetwise, studied, suave, svelte, switched on, uptown, urbane, well-bred, wise to, wised up, with it, world-weary, worldly, worldly wise |
Antonyms: |
naive, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, unsophisticated |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
country, rural, suburban |
| Main Entry: | city |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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