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suburban
[ suh-bur-buhn ]
adjective
- pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
- characteristic of a suburb or suburbs.
noun
- a suburbanite.
- a short overcoat for casual wear.
suburban
/ səˈbɜːbən /
adjective
- of, relating to, situated in, or inhabiting a suburb or the suburbs
- characteristic of or typifying a suburb or the suburbs
- pejorative.narrow or unadventurous in outlook
noun
- another word for suburbanite
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Other Words From
- sub·urban·ism noun
- nonsub·urban adjective noun
- semi·sub·urban adjective
- unsub·urban adjective
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Example Sentences
Set among the vacant houses of suburban New Mexico, the film offers a bleak perspective on the possibility of growth and renewal.
Three months of despair were ignited in suburban Missouri when officer Darren Wilson was told he would walk free.
At the same time though, I am a white male from a suburban upper-middle-class upbringing.
Much of urban America, particularly in places like Phoenix, Houston, and Las Vegas, is primarily suburban.
Much the same suburban swing can be seen in the critical senatorial races races where the Democrats lost seats.
The big gray sedan carrying Delancy and his pals, hit the suburban town at a scant seventy miles an hour.
It occurred to him then that it was entirely possible that the rob and kill boys had not left the suburban town at all.
But English suburban parlour-maids are on their guard against smiles, no matter how engaging.
We left London by the main highway, running for several miles through Epping Forest, which is really a great suburban park.
Apart from his suburban trip to Putney, we find the diarist chronicling journeys to and from Portsmouth.
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