METRO Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

metro

adjective

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as in metropolitan

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Recent Examples of metro On June 2 almost 3 million protestors took to the streets in Istanbul alone, about the entire metro population of Denver. —

Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026 Surely Chicago, with a metro population of 9 million, can support 14 daily frequencies to destinations of 400,000-plus less than 150 miles away — especially when trains to both destinations can use the same track for the first 114 miles. —

F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026 The Liberty Macarena’s location is the latest of several metro Mexican restaurants to close. —

Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025 For example, in 2020 Democrats saw a net gain in the metro Milwaukee suburbs of about 25,000 votes compared to 2016, enough by itself to cost Trump the state. —

Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for metro

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The region ranked as the 132nd worst out of 226 metropolitan areas for high ozone, 110th worst out of 224 areas for 24-hour particle pollution and 57th worst out of 211 areas for annual particle pollution.

— Samantha Neely, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
The number of residents who rode their local rail lines in two of California’s major metropolitan cities jumped significantly last month.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026