suburbia

noun

sub·​ur·​bia sə-ˈbər-bē-ə 

1

: the suburbs of a city

2

: people who live in the suburbs

3

: suburban life

Synonyms

• outskirts

Examples of suburbia in a Sentence

a problem that is common in suburbia

the percentage of the country's population living in suburbia

The film is an interesting critique of suburbia.

Recent Examples on the Web

Set in 1968 suburbia, Father of Us follows five siblings caught between their magnetic but reckless father and their radiant but overwhelmed mother. —Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025

The hilariously surreal visual of 17 children stampeding through suburbia like a herd of angry elephants with murderous intent required some clever cinematic trickery. —Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025

Hogan starred as intergalactic warrior Shep Ramsey, forced to lie low in American suburbia after a spaceship crash-landed in the action comedy. —Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 25 July 2025

Some of Sunny’s smartest plots put the gang deeply outside of their comfort zones, and, well, Mac and Dennis trying to make it in suburbia certainly fits the bill. —Rachel Simon, Vulture, 9 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from English suburb

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

suburbia

noun

sub·​ur·​bia sə-ˈbər-bē-ə 

: the suburbs of a city