as in cities
a thickly settled, highly populated area
a big, teeming metropolis where ambitious people from all over come to make their mark
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Recent Examples of metropolises
Southern metropolises like Charleston, Nashville, and New Orleans also made the cut.
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
Created by and starring Rachel Sennott, the series began at the top of November and follows a group of 20-somethings navigating their careers and social lives in one of America’s most challenging metropolises.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
So instead of a chronicle of the absolute best cities, think of this as a starting point, the beginning of a bucket list of architecturally and geographically mesmerizing metropolises.
—Marco Morello, Architectural Digest, 13 Nov. 2025
Southern metropolises such as Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, and Charlotte expanded rapidly.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
The big story 31-year-old Aarushi Kilawat is a fashion entrepreneur from India's Jaipur, a small city with less than 5 million residents — a far cry from Indian metropolises like Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Millennia from now, will urban legends describe the horrific disaster that destroyed the string of American metropolises along the Pacific coast, from Chief Seattle’s Town to the City of Angels?
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Jia founded the Pingyao International Film Festival in his home province of Shanxi, choosing the ancient city over modern metropolises like Beijing or Shanghai.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
But Gorman also cautioned that even if the bold ideas put forth by Musk and Bezos are realized fully, with bustling metropolises constructed among the stars, humanity will eventually need to look back toward home.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
Created by and starring Rachel Sennott, the series began at the top of November and follows a group of 20-somethings navigating their careers and social lives in one of America’s most challenging metropolises.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
So instead of a chronicle of the absolute best cities, think of this as a starting point, the beginning of a bucket list of architecturally and geographically mesmerizing metropolises.
—Marco Morello, Architectural Digest, 13 Nov. 2025
Southern metropolises such as Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, and Charlotte expanded rapidly.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
The big story 31-year-old Aarushi Kilawat is a fashion entrepreneur from India's Jaipur, a small city with less than 5 million residents — a far cry from Indian metropolises like Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Millennia from now, will urban legends describe the horrific disaster that destroyed the string of American metropolises along the Pacific coast, from Chief Seattle’s Town to the City of Angels?
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Jia founded the Pingyao International Film Festival in his home province of Shanxi, choosing the ancient city over modern metropolises like Beijing or Shanghai.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
But Gorman also cautioned that even if the bold ideas put forth by Musk and Bezos are realized fully, with bustling metropolises constructed among the stars, humanity will eventually need to look back toward home.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metropolises
Noun
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Waymo robotaxis currently operate in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as four other cities.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Harden and Garland want to bring a championship to their new cities.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Residents of two cities, towns and villages in Broward and 19 in Palm Beach County are electing local officials, deciding on referendums, or both.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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Bring a picnic from the nearby California small towns of Solvang or Los Olivos and enjoy lunch surrounded by the idyllic wildflower fields.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Metropolises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolises. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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