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metro

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Synonyms & Antonyms of metro

as in metropolitan, smart

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for metro

cosmopolitan,
metropolitan,
smart,
worldly-wise

civilized,
couth,
cultivated,
cultured,
genteel,
graceful,
gracious,
poised,
polished,
refined,
well-bred

experienced,
knowing,
practiced
(also practised),
schooled,
seasoned

cavalier,
glib,
slick,
unctuous

amiable,
appealing,
attractive

debonair,
smooth,
sophisticated,
suave,
svelte,
urbane

assured,
calm,
collected,
composed,
confident,
cool,
placid,
secure,
self-assured,
self-confident,
self-possessed,
serene,
tranquil,
undisturbed,
unperturbed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for metro

boorish,
churlish,
classless,
clownish,
loutish,
uncouth

awkward,
clumsy,
gauche,
graceless,
stiff,
stilted,
uncomfortable,
uneasy,
ungraceful,
wooden

callow,
green,
inexperienced,
puerile,
raw

hick,
parochial,
provincial,
rough-hewn,
rustic
(also rustical)

inelegant,
philistine,
uncivilized,
uncultured,
unrefined

unsophisticated,
unworldly

gawky,
lubberly,
stodgy,
ungainly

diffident,
insecure

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