Sunbelt

Synonyms for "sunbelt" (35 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (7)

Noun(1 words)
demographic growth area
dixiedixielanddown easteasteast coasteastland

Strong matches (11)

Noun(3 words)
expansion beltgrowth orientedgrowth region
middle atlanticmiddle westnew englandnorthnorth central regionnortheastnorthlandnorthwest

Related words (17)

pacific northwestsouthsoutheastsouthwestthe coastunited stateswestwest coastwestlandwild westyankeeland
Noun(6 words)
prosperousregionalsouth united statessouthern united statessun belt regionsunbeltic

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

8 entries
economic descriptoreconomic regiongeographic descriptorgeographic regiongrowth descriptorplaceregionregional adjective

More specific

11 entries
development beltexpanding metropolitan areagrowth regionhigh growth marketmigrant corridorsun belt citiessun belt statessunbelt citysunbelt economysunbelt growthvibrant regional economy

Collocations

12 entries
sun belt citiessun belt economysun belt migrationsun belt population growthsun belt regionsun belt statessunbelt citiessunbelt demographicssunbelt economysunbelt growthsunbelt regionsunbelt states

Inflections

3 entries
more sunbeltmost sunbeltsunbelts

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Many retired people move to the Sunbelt to enjoy sports such as golf or tennis in a milder climate.

Source: tatoeba (29878)

Anglos to whom I talked in Miami […] persisted in the related illusions that the city was small, manageable, prosperous in a predictable broad-based way, southern in a progressive sunbelt way, American, and belonged to them.

Source: wiktionary

Lack of water, fertile land, productive mines, and heavy industry made it an unlikely candidate. But the same forces which forged the new west and lured millions of people to the sunbelt, also boosted Las Vegas.

Source: wiktionary

After all, Richmond—the capital of Virginia—is much closer to New York City in terms of mileage than it is to Atlanta, Georgia, the city on the East Coast most widely considered to be quintessentially Sunbelt.

Source: wiktionary

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