| Main Entry: | civic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | community |
Synonyms: |
borough, civil, communal, local, metropolitan, municipal, national, public, urban |
| 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: | internal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | within |
Synonyms: |
centralized, circumscribed, civic, constitutional, domestic, enclosed, gut, home, in-house, indigenous, inherent, innate, inner, innermore, inside, interior, intestine, intimate, intramural, intrinsic, inward, municipal, national, native, private, subjective, visceral, viscerous |
Antonyms: |
external, outer |
| Main Entry: | local |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of a community, restricted to immediate area |
Synonyms: |
bounded, civic, confined, district, divisional, geographical, insular, legendary, limited, narrow, neighborhood, parish, parochial, provincial, regional, sectarian, sectional, small-town, territorial, town, vernacular |
Antonyms: |
foreign, nonnative |
| 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: | political |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | governmental |
Synonyms: |
bureaucratic, civic, constitutional, economical, legislative, official |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
country, rural, suburban |
| Main Entry: | localized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | local |
Synonyms: |
bounded, civic, confined, district, divisional, geographical, insular, limited, narrow, neighborhood, parish, parochial, provincial, regional, restricted, sectarian, sectional, small-town, territorial, town, vernacular |
| Main Entry: | small-town |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | local |
Synonyms: |
bounded, civic, confined, district, divisional, geographical, insular, legendary, limited, narrow, narrow-minded, neighborhood, parish, parochial, provincial, regional, sectarian, sectional, territorial, town, vernacular |