All city synonyms
cit·y
C c noun city
- metropolis — any large, busy city.
- center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
- municipality — a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.
- downtown — to or in the main business section of a city.
- place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- capital — Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money.
- port — located on the left side of a vessel or aircraft.
- burg — a fortified town
- borough — A borough is a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council.
- megalopolis — a very large city.
- conurbation — A conurbation consists of a large city together with the smaller towns around it.
- apple — An apple is a round fruit with smooth green, yellow, or red skin and firm white flesh.
- centre — A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind.
- boom town — A boom town is a town which has rapidly become very rich and full of people, usually because industry or business has developed there.
- polis — an ancient Greek city-state.
adjective city
- metropolitan — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- town — Ithiel [ith-ee-uh l] /ˈɪθ i əl/ (Show IPA), 1784–1844, U.S. architect.
adj city
- civic — You use civic to describe people or things that have an official status in a town or city.
- civil — You use civil to describe events that happen within a country and that involve the different groups of people in it.
- municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- urban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- burghal — (in Scotland) an incorporated town having its own charter and some degree of political independence from the surrounding area.
- citified — having the customs, manners, or dress of city people
- interurban — of, located in, or operating between two or more cities or towns.
- megalopolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.