All concrete jungle synonyms

noun concrete jungle

• urban area — (in population censuses) a city area considered as the inner city plus built-up environs, irrespective of local body administrative boundaries
• asphalt jungle — an expression used to refer to a city environment, which emphasizes its dangerous nature
• city — The City is the part of London where many important financial institutions have their main offices. People often refer to these financial institutions as the City.
• downtown — to or in the main business section of a city.
• inner city — an older part of a city, densely populated and usually deteriorating, inhabited mainly by poor, often minority, groups.
• metropolis — any large, busy city.
• municipality — a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.
• urban sprawl — the uncontrolled spread of urban development into neighboring regions.