Metro
Metro noun - An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city).
Usage example: “in Paris the subway system is called the `
metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'”
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Synonyms for Metro
Subway system is a synonym for metro. In some cases you can use "Subway system" instead a noun "Metro".
Subway system
Subway system noun - An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city).
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Synonyms for Subway system
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Related pairs
- tube and metro
- tube and subway system
- underground and metro
- underground and subway system
- railroad and metro
- railroad and subway system
- subway and metro
- subway and subway system
- railway line and metro
- railway line and subway system
- railway and metro
- railway and subway system
- railway system and metro
- railway system and subway system
Both terms in one sentence
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The film focuses on the daily struggles of a group of metro ticket inspectors in a subway system based on (and shot in) the Budapest Metro.
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Metro 2033 takes place After the End in and around the Moscow subway system.
Source: Vodka Drunkenski -
Metro 2033 averts this: it's only been 20 years, but the subway system has taken a heavy toll.
Source: Ragnarok-Proofing
Cite this Source
Subway system and Metro. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/metro/subway_system
Metro & Subway system. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/metro/subway_system>.
Subway system or Metro. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/metro/subway_system.
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