urbanist

noun

ur·​ban·​ist ˈər-bə-nist 

: a specialist in city planning

urbanistic

ˌər-bə-ˈni-stik 

adjective

urbanistically

ˌər-bə-ˈni-sti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of urbanist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fred Siegel—who is a great urbanist, used to be at the Manhattan Institute—had this praise of Rudy Giuliani. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

For the modern urbanist, cars are often the enemy of all the other modes. — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

But urbanists who have looked at Singapore report a city that works with an almost inhuman efficiency, in which the spontaneity of life has been engineered out of the urban environment. — Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026

The 100-acre greenbelt captured the imagination of urbanists who saw it as a way to reunite communities divided by the freeway. — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above