Synonyms for borough
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
Related words
- Word family
- boroughmaster
- Phrases
- rotten borough close borough nomination borough pocket borough proprietorial borough royal borough
- Other spellings
- boro US
Forms
- Plural
- boroughs → villages, arrondissements, quarters…
Example sentences
- village The whole village was laid flat by the earthquake.
- quarter I looked at the clock. It was a quarter to twelve.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| borough | falling | |
| village | steady | |
| quarter | falling | |
| arrondissement | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- village2, quarter2
- 14 letters
- arrondissement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (village2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- arrondissement
- Italiano
- circondario