| Main Entry: | metropolis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | major city |
Synonyms: |
capital, downtown, megalopolis, metropolitan area, municipality |
| Main Entry: | capital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | city of governmental seat |
Synonyms: |
control, county seat, metropolis, municipality, political front, principal city, the Hill |
| Notes: | the word capitol is from the Roman Capitoline Hill and the similarity between capitol and capital is purely coincidental; capitol applies to the building and capital to the seat of a government |
| 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, polestar, shopping center, social center, station, town, trading center |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | municipality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | city |
Synonyms: |
borough, community, district, metropolis, precinct, town, township, village |
| Main Entry: | town |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incorporated community |
Synonyms: |
apple, boondocks, borough, burg, city, hamlet, metropolis, municipality, seat, sticks, township, whistle-stop |
| 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: | burg |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | city |
Synonyms: |
metropolis, municipality, town |
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
average, straight, abstemious, adiaphorous, axial, azygous, central, centrical, centripetal, commonplace, concentric, entad, equatorial, equidistant, focal, fulcrate, geocentric, homocentric, intermediate, mean, medial, mediate, mediterranean, mesial, mesne, mesothetic, mid, middle, middle-class, middlemost, middling, midmost, neutral, paracentral, phallocentric, tapsell, umbilical, vorticiform, vortiginous
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