City and Suburb

City

City noun - A thickly settled, highly populated area.

Usage example: commuters who drive every day between their homes in the suburbs and their jobs in the city

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Suburb and city are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suburb" instead a noun "City".

Suburb noun - A residential district located on the outskirts of a city.

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City and suburb are semantically related. You can use "City" instead a noun "Suburb".

Nearby Words: suburban, suburbia

full	full city	full suburb
proper	proper city	proper suburb
native	native city	native suburb
small	small city	small suburb
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, large, main, inner, new, major, abandoned, former, hidden, fictional, larger, next, last, nearby, modern, flooded, northern, unnamed, populated, industrial.

Practically all of John Hughes's movies are set in Illinois, typically either in Chicago, or in a fictional city or suburb damn close to Chicago.

Source: Creator Provincialism
In a similar fashion, Disneyland Paris isn't located in Paris but in a suburb 20 miles to the east of the city.

Source: Non Indicative Name / Real Life
However, these towns tend to be fictional; Springfield in particular tends to go from largish city to suburb depending on the needs of the episode.

Source: The City

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City & Suburb. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/city/suburb>.

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