Urban

//ˈɜːb(ə)n//

Synonyms for "urban" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

city city born city like

Strong matches (5)

Adjective(1 words)

cityside

civic downtown interurban midtown

Related words (7)

municipal public suburban town uptown urbanised village

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Antonyms

4 entries

bucolic nonurban rural

Related terms

1 entries

Urbanus

coordinate

2 entries

exurban suburban

derived

79 entries

Ellesmere Urban Urban syndrome Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome Urbanist Whitchurch Urban antiurban cyburban exurb interurban intraurban peri-urban preurban rban boulevard rurban semiurban single-point urban interchange

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distinct from

3 entries

country rural rustic

has context

1 entries

biblical character

related to

30 entries

adjective cities city city adjective city dwelling city feel city life city like city living city place city setting dwelling environment feel in cities in city

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similar

10 entries

citified city born city like city-born city-bred city-like cityfied urbanised urbanized

Translations

99 translations across 58 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

Οὐρβανός name (male given name)

Arabic

2 entries

حَضَرِيّ adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
مَدَنِيّ adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Armenian

2 entries

քաղաքային adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Ուրբանոս name (male given name)

Asturian

1 entries

Urbanu name (male given name)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

şəhərli adj (living in a city or town)

Basque

1 entries

hiriko adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Belarusian

2 entries

гарадскі́ adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
ме́скі adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Bulgarian

2 entries

гра́дски adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Урбан name (male given name)

Burmese

1 entries

မြို့ပြ adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Catalan

2 entries

urbà adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urbà name (male given name)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

شارستانی adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

城市的 adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
都市的 adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Czech

2 entries

městský adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urban name (male given name)

Danish

1 entries

bymæssig adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Dutch

4 entries

stads adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
stedelijk adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
urbaan adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urbaan name (male given name)

Esperanto

1 entries

urba adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Faroese

1 entries

Urbanus name (male given name)

Finnish

2 entries

urbaani adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urpo name (male given name)

French

3 entries

citadin adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
urbain adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urbain name (male given name)

Galician

2 entries

urbano adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urbano name (male given name)

German

4 entries

Stadt adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
städtisch adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
urban adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urban name (male given name)

Greek

2 entries

αστικός adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Ουρβανός name (male given name)

Hebrew

1 entries

עירוני adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Hindi

1 entries

नगरीय adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Hungarian

2 entries

városi adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Orbán name (male given name)

Irish

1 entries

uirbeach adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Italian

2 entries

urbano adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urbano name (male given name)

Japanese

1 entries

都市の adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Kashubian

1 entries

miesczi adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Korean

1 entries

도시의 adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

шаардык adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Latin

2 entries

urbānus adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urbanus name (male given name)

Lithuanian

1 entries

Urbonas name (male given name)

Macedonian

1 entries

градски adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Manx

1 entries

ard-valjagh adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Norwegian

1 entries

urban adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

bymessig adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Persian

1 entries

شهری adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Polish

2 entries

miejski adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urban name (male given name)

Portuguese

2 entries

urbano adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urbano name (male given name)

Punjabi

2 entries

ਨਾਗਰਿਕ adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
ਸ਼ਹਿਰੀ adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Romanian

2 entries

urban adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urban name (male given name)

Russian

2 entries

городско́й adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Урбан name (male given name)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

gràdskī adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
гра̀дскӣ adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urban name (male given name)
Урбан name (male given name)

Sicilian

1 entries

Urbanu name (male given name)

Slovak

2 entries

mestský adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urban name (male given name)

Slovene

2 entries

mesten adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urbàn name (male given name)

Spanish

2 entries

urbano adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urbano name (male given name)

Swedish

3 entries

stads adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
urban adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urban name (male given name)

Tagalog

3 entries

lunsurin adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
panlungsod adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
panlunsod adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Tajik

1 entries

шаҳрӣ adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Telugu

1 entries

నగర adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Turkish

1 entries

kentsel adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Ukrainian

2 entries

міськи́й adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Урбан name (male given name)

Venetan

1 entries

Urban name (male given name)

Vietnamese

4 entries

thành phố adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
thành thị adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
đô thị adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)
Urbanô name (male given name)

Welsh

1 entries

trefol adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Yiddish

1 entries

שטאָטיש adj (of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or happening or located in, a city or town; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life in such a place)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Bicycles are tools for urban sustainability.

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More and more people are moving to urban areas.

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The urban population in most developing countries is increasing very fast.

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The urban population of America is increasing.

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