urban
Use the adjective urban to refer to cities or people who live in cities. It carries a suggestion of grittiness––urban style involves darker colors.
The terms city and town are sometimes used inconsistently. If it is large enough, a town is considered to be an urban area. Communities where people live outside cities are called suburban. Urban is from a Latin adjective formed from urbs "city."
Definitions of urban
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relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area“urban sociology”“urban development”
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located in or characteristic of a city or city life“urban property owners”“urban affairs”“urban manners”
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Synonyms:
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citified, city-born, city-bred, cityfied
being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person
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city-like
resembling a city
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urbanised, urbanized
made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics
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Antonyms:
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rural
living in or characteristic of farming or country life
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agrarian, agricultural, farming
relating to rural matters
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agrestic, rustic
characteristic of the fields or country
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arcadian, bucolic, pastoral
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
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campestral
of fields or open country
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countrified, countryfied, rustic
characteristic of rural life
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country-bred
rough and uncouth
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country-style
typical of the country
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cracker-barrel, folksy, homespun
characteristic of country life
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hobnailed
marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails
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citified, city-born, city-bred, cityfied
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