Municipality
Municipality noun - A thickly settled, highly populated area.
Usage example: a municipality with an excellent police department
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Synonyms for Municipality
Suburb and municipality are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suburb" instead a noun "Municipality".
Nearby Words: municipal, municipalized
Suburb
Suburb noun - A residential district located on the outskirts of a city.
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Synonyms for Suburb
Municipality and suburb are semantically related. You can use "Municipality" instead a noun "Suburb".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- area and municipality
- area and suburb
- place and municipality
- place and suburb
- community and municipality
- community and suburb
- village and municipality
- village and suburb
- hamlet and municipality
- hamlet and suburb
- precinct and municipality
- precinct and suburb
- district and municipality
- district and suburb
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Specific references to Canada are rare and often fleeting: Alison is usually said to live in "Scarborough," a municipality of Toronto, rather than just "Toronto." There are lots of other communities in the world named Scarborough, making it sound like a generic suburb.
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Suburb and Municipality. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/municipality/suburb
Municipality & Suburb. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/municipality/suburb>.
Suburb or Municipality. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/municipality/suburb.
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