Suburbia and Town

Suburbia

Suburbia noun - The districts adjacent to a city.

Town and suburbia are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Town" instead a noun "Suburbia".

Nearby Words: suburb, suburban

Town

Town noun - A thickly settled, highly populated area.
Usage example: after driving for miles with nothing but corn and wheat fields to look at, we were relieved to roll into a small town and have a bite to eat at the local diner
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Synonyms for Town

Suburbia and town are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Suburbia" instead a noun "Town".

Nearby Words: township, townsman

Both words in one sentence

  • The town in Edward Scissorhands is a bright and cheerful, if slightly off '50s suburbia, and thus has lots of bright pastels.
  • Film / Edward Scissorhands Everytown, America: Save for the castle on the hill, the town is a throwback to 1950s suburbia.
  • American Idiot plays this straight at first, with the main character Jimmy (styling himself "Jesus of Suburbia") leaving his town to live a punk life in the city.
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