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| Main Entry: | city |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | metropolitan |
| Synonyms: | civic, civil, municipal, urban, burghal, citified, interurban, intraurban, megalopolitan |
| 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: | noun |
| Definition: | large town |
| Synonyms: | borough, capital, center, downtown, metropolis, municipality, place, port, apple*, boom town, burg, conurbation, megalopolis, metropolitan area, polis, urban place, urbs |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | city |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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| Main Entry: | constituency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voting public |
| Synonyms: | body politic, city, county, district, electorate, faction, nation, people, precinct, state, system, ward, balloters, body of voters, citizenry, electors, voters, voting area |
| 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, city, civic, civil, community, corporate, domestic, home, incorporated, internal, local, metropolitan, native, public, town, urban, burghal |
| Antonyms: | country, suburban |
| Main Entry: | town |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incorporated community |
| Synonyms: | boondocks, borough, city, hamlet, metropolis, municipality, seat, apple*, burg, sticks, township, whistle-stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | downtown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business district |
| Synonyms: | center, city, midtown |
| Main Entry: | asphalt jungle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | urban area |
| Synonyms: | city, concrete jungle, downtown, inner city, metropolis, municipality, mean streets, urban complex |
| Main Entry: | concrete jungle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | urban area |
| Synonyms: | asphalt jungle, city, downtown, inner city, metropolis, municipality, urban sprawl, mean streets, urban complex |
| 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, neighborhood, niche, nook, pad*, part, plant, point, position, property, quarter, region, reservation, residence, room, seat, section, site, situation, spot, station, suburb, town, venue, vicinity, village, volume, whereabouts, zone, locality, locus, longitude, stead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | public |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | community, general |
| Synonyms: | accessible, city, civic, civil, common, communal, country, free, government, governmental, metropolitan, municipal, mutual, national, open, popular, social, state, universal, unrestricted, urban, widespread, conjoint, conjunct, federal, free to all, intermutual, not private, open-door, without charge |
| Antonyms: | particular, private, specific |
| Main Entry: | area |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | region, district |
| Synonyms: | belt, block, city, county, division, domain, dominion, enclosure, field, kingdom, neck of the woods, neighborhood, parcel, patch, plot, precinct, quarter, section, sector, sphere, square, state, stretch, territory, tract, turf, vicinity, ward, zone, locality, principality, township |
| 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, shopping center, station, town, polestar, social center, trading center |
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