Synonyms and antonyms of Towns, cities and villages in British Thesaurus

barangay (noun)

Philippine English in the Philippines, a village or neighbourhood

the big smoke (noun)

informal a large town or city

boom town (noun)

a town or city that suddenly becomes successful because there is a lot of new business activity

the bright lights ()

a big city where you can have an exciting life and be successful

capital (noun)

the city where a country or region has its government

city (noun)

a large important town

city (noun)

the people who live in a city

city (noun)

a European town that has a cathedral

city-state (noun)

a city that in the past joined with the area around it to form an independent state

conurbation (noun)

a large city area that develops when towns that are close to each other get bigger and join together

county town (noun)

British the town in a county where its government is based

dormitory town (noun)

British a place from which many people travel to a city to work

dorp (noun)

South African a village or small town

ecotown (noun)

in England, a new town that is designed in a way that reduces people's impact on the environment to a minimum

garden city (noun)

a community of homes that includes many parks and public gardens

ghost town (noun)

a town where most people have left

hamlet (noun)

a small village

hill station (noun)

in southern Asia, a town in the hills where people go in order to be more comfortable when the weather is very hot

kampong (noun)

a village in Malaysia

kraal (noun)

South African a traditional African village

market town (noun)

British a town where there is a market each week, usually outside

megalopolis (noun)

a large city, or an area that contains a lot of large cities

metro (noun)

Indian English a city with a population of over one million

metropolis (noun)

mainly literary a big city, especially considered as somewhere that is very busy and exciting

monocity (noun)

a city, especially in Russia, where most of the population works in one industry, such as making cars

municipality (noun)

a town or other area that has its own local government

new town (noun)

British a town that is planned and designed and is built on land where there was not a town before

one-horse town (noun)

informal a town that is small and boring

outpost (noun)

a small town far away from other towns, usually where trading takes place

parish (noun)

a small area in the countryside in England that has its own local government

population centre (noun)

an area where a lot of people live

port (noun)

a city where there is a port

pueblo (noun)

a small town, especially in parts of the US that are near Mexico

satellite (noun)

a town or city that is close to and depends on a larger city

seaport (noun)

a town by the sea with a large port

shtetl (noun)

in the past, a small Jewish town or village in eastern Europe

sister city (noun)

American a twin town

the Smoke (noun)

Britishinformal London, or any other large city

town (noun)

a place where people live and work that is larger than a village but smaller than a city

town (noun)

the people who live in a town

town (noun)

the local government of a town

town and gown ()

the people who live in a town and the people who belong to the university in that town, used especially when talking about the differences between the two groups

township (noun)

the part of a town or city in South Africa where black people had to live because of apartheid

township (noun)

an area within a county (=a division of a state) in the US or Canada that is responsible for running its own public services

twin town (noun)

British a town that has established a formal connection with another town in a different country to encourage visits and exchange information. The American word is sister city.

village (noun)

a very small town in the countryside

village (noun)

in a village, or relating to a village