Cars are indispensable to suburban life.
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Suburban
//səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən//
Synonyms for "suburban" (55 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (27)
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3 entriesderived
16 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 29 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- пры́гарадны adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
- прыме́скі adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Bulgarian
1 entries- от предградията adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Catalan
1 entries- suburbà adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 市郊的 adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
- 郊區的 /郊区的 adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Czech
1 entries- předměstský adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Dutch
1 entries- voorstedelijk adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Esperanto
1 entries- suburba adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Finnish
2 entries- esikaupunki adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
- lähiö adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
French
2 entries- banlieusard adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
- suburbain adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
German
2 entries- Vorort adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
- vorstädtisch adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Greek
1 entries- προαστιακός adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Hungarian
1 entries- külvárosi adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Irish
3 entries- bruachbhailteach adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
- fo-bhailteach adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
- fo-uirbeach adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Italian
1 entries- suburbano adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Japanese
1 entries- 郊外の adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
K'iche'
1 entries- apan tinamit adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Kazakh
2 entries- қала айналасындағы adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
- қала жаны adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Korean
1 entries- 교외의 adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Latin
1 entries- suburbānus adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Polish
1 entries- podmiejski adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Portuguese
1 entries- suburbano adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Romanian
1 entries- suburban adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Russian
2 entries- за́городный adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
- при́городный adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- prȉgradskī adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
- при̏градскӣ adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Slovak
1 entries- predmestský adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Spanish
1 entries- suburbano adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Swedish
1 entries- förorts adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Ukrainian
3 entries- передміськи́й adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
- приміськи́й adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
- підміськи́й adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ngoại ô adj (relating to outskirts of a city)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Dan was assigned to patrol a suburban area.
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My aunt’s house is old. It was previously a farmstead, but its location is now in a suburban part of town. However, the garden surrounding it still imparts a rural appearance.
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Layla looked like a normal suburban housewife.
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