Synonyms for town
Most common
central business district township hamlet metropolis townsfolk
Definitions
- n. 1
A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city, historically enclosed by a fence or walls, with total populations ranging from several hundred to more than a hundred thousand (as of the early 21st century)
This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns.
Related words
- Word family
- townfolk townie townish townlet townsfolk township townsman townswoman
- Phrases
- town square small-town one-horse town town bicycle town council town centre man about town jerkwater town
- Is a kind of
- settlement burrow earth warren
Forms
- Plural
- towns → hamlets, townships, metropolises, places…
Example sentences
- township Vienna is a township in Ohio.
- hamlet Ophelia wishes Hamlet were still in love with her.
- metropolis Algiers should become an investment metropolis.
- townsfolk It's surely a view the townsfolk are attached to.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| town | steady | |
| township | falling | |
| hamlet | steady | |
| metropolis | steady | |
| townsfolk | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- place1
- 6 letters
- hamlet2
- 8 letters
- township2
- 9 letters
- townsfolk2
- 10 letters
- metropolis4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hamlet2 = 2 syllables).