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View synonyms for suburban

suburban

[ suh-bur-buhn ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
  2. characteristic of a suburb or suburbs.


noun

  1. a short overcoat for casual wear.

suburban

/ səˈbɜːbən /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, situated in, or inhabiting a suburb or the suburbs
  2. characteristic of or typifying a suburb or the suburbs
  3. pejorative.
    narrow or unadventurous in outlook


noun

  1. another word for suburbanite

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Other Words From

  • sub·urban·ism noun
  • nonsub·urban adjective noun
  • semi·sub·urban adjective
  • unsub·urban adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of suburban1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin suburbānus “located close to a city (especially to Rome),” equivalent to sub- + urb- (stem of urbs “city”) + -ānus adjective suffix; sub-, urban

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Example Sentences

Looking back at his childhood in suburban Michigan, the 37-year-old actor realizes he hasn’t been able to re-create that sense of security, either.

Cline’s stretch in federal prison related to events from 2004, according to an article in The Washington Post, when Cline was linked to at least 11 bank heists in suburban Maryland over one month.

Racial-justice activists from Detroit Will Breathe worked alongside suburban women from Fems for Dems and local elected officials.

From Time

Post analysis of county-level data provided by the state shows that 82 percent of the Republicans who bailed on the party live in counties classified as “suburban or medium city” by the federal government.

Suburban counties in the Sun Belt also moved left in 2020, but unlike the Frost Belt, more suburban and exurban counties had been moving in the Democrats’ direction prior to this election.

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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