big-city

adjective

: of or relating to a large city

big-city problems such as overcrowding and noise

a big-city school/hospital

big-city mayors

Examples of big-city in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This British series sees big-city businessman Gavin Shipman (Mathew Horne) fall in love with small-town Welsh woman Nessa Jenkins (Ruth Jones) through clandestine late-night phone calls. —Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026

At 76 Wareham Street, Unit 6D, the top-floor home at The Factory delivers big-city views without sacrificing comfort. —Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026

Roberts is set to star as a big-city wedding planner who arrives in North Carolina, sparking an epic showdown with a beloved local planner. —Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026

And in moving, the Bears would be taking part in a trend of big-city teams moving out of town, often getting big bucks from taxpayers to do so. —Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for big-city

• committee
• permittee
• prakriti
• atomicity
• catholicity
• ellipticity
• historicity
• mutuality
• bitty
• city
• ditty
• gritty