| Main Entry: | downtown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | city |
Synonyms: |
business, central, main, metropolitan, midtown, urban |
Antonyms: |
residential, rural, suburban |
| Main Entry: | downtown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business district |
Synonyms: |
center, city, midtown |
| Main Entry: | city |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large town |
Synonyms: |
apple, boom town, borough, burg, capital, center, conurbation, downtown, megalopolis, metropolis, metropolitan area, municipality, place, polis, port, urban place, urbs |
| Notes: | city first was used for any settlement regardless of size; the modern distinction between town and city developed during the 14th century |
| Main Entry: | metropolis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | major city |
Synonyms: |
capital, downtown, megalopolis, metropolitan area, municipality |
| 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: | asphalt jungle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | urban area |
Synonyms: |
city, concrete jungle, downtown, inner city, mean streets, metropolis, municipality, urban complex |
| Main Entry: | concrete jungle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | urban area |
Synonyms: |
asphalt jungle, city, downtown, inner city, mean streets, metropolis, municipality, urban complex, urban sprawl |
| Main Entry: | inner city |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | city center |
Synonyms: |
barrio, center city, central city, condemned buildings, core, core city, downtown, ghetto, public housing district, skid row, slum, slums, urban city, urban ghetto |
| Main Entry: | city |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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