megalopolis

megalopolis

noun

Definition of MEGALOPOLIS

a thickly settled, highly populated area <what was once a series of discrete towns interspersed with countryside is now one vast megalopolis>

Synonyms asphalt jungle, burg, cosmopolis, megacity, megalopolis, metropolis, municipality, town

Related Words borough; conurbation; urban sprawl; exurb, suburb, suburbia; central city, edge city, garden city; core city, downtown, inner city, midtown