Urban area

Synonyms for "urban area" (137 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Noun(27 words)

agglomeration alhambra ames astoria auckland barquisimeto beckley bellingham beloit binghamton birmingham blackburn bloomington bradenton bradford braga bristolbuilt-up areacalexico camarillo

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chelseacittàcitycity regioncitywide civic clarksburg

Adjective(1 words)

built-up region

Strong matches (41)

Noun(41 words)

clarksville clovis connellsville corning corvallis cosmopolitan coventry decatur dudley elkhart elsinore everett fargo fitchburg folsomfrench citéfresnofully urbangainesville gastonia

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glendale guayaquil gujranwala gulfport hagerstown haifa hanoi harlem hialeahhuman settlementinglewood jilin jonesboro kawasaki kenmore keokuk killeen kingsport kissimmee leeds leesburg

Related words (68)

Noun(65 words)

leicester limerick lublin lufkin malmo mcalester mcallen medan menifee metropolis metropolitan milwaukee minot modern mogadishu monterreymore urbanmorgantown motherwell muncie

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murrieta muskegon nancy newport nottingham oberlin offenbach oneida orpington oxford oxnard palermo palmdale pomona pontiac pontianakpopulated areaportuguese cidadeprescott redmond savannah scottsdale selkirkstatistical regionsteubenville stylish sunderland sunnyvale suwanee temecula texarkana titusville tref turlockurban regionvacaville verdun waco wausau waynesboro wichita wollongong yekaterinburg zama zephyrhills

Adjective(3 words)

metropolitan lifestylenonfarm areaurbanizing region

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6 relation types

More general

9 entries

areacultural descriptorgeographic areageographic descriptorgeographic regiongeographic termgeographical areageographical regionplace type

More specific

9 entries

citycity centercity corecity styledowntowninner citymetropolismetropolis areaurban chic

Collocations

12 entries

dense urban areamajor urban areaurban area boundaryurban area mapurban area planningurban area populationurban designurban developmenturban ecologyurban growthurban planningurban policy

Inflections

3 entries

more urbanmost urbanurban areas

Derivations

11 entries

urbanely urbanicity urbanism urbanistic urbanite urbanity urbanization urbanize urbanized urbanizes urbanizing

Antonyms

1 entries

rural area

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