Synonyms of metropolitan

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noun

ˌme-trə-ˈpä-lə-tən 

as in cosmopolitan

a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers

a TV series about the lives and loves of a group of young, attractive metropolitans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cosmopolitan
• sophisticate
• city slicker
• slicker
• cosmopolite
• urbanite
• worldling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• provincial
• hick
• bumpkin
• rustic
• yokel

metropolitan

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adjective

as in metro

Related Words

• cosmopolitan
• metro
• civilized
• cultured
• cultivated
• graceful
• experienced
• polished
• genteel
• worldly-wise
• seasoned
• poised
• gracious
• well-bred
• practiced
• smart
• attractive
• couth
• urbane
• knowing
• cavalier
• appealing
• amiable
• glib
• slick
• schooled
• refined
• unctuous
• sophisticated
• composed
• suave
• collected
• unperturbed
• undisturbed
• serene
• tranquil
• confident
• smooth
• calm
• placid
• secure
• debonair
• assured
• svelte
• self-assured
• self-confident
• self-possessed
• cool

Dissimilar Words

• provincial
• wooden
• uncouth
• green
• uncomfortable
• parochial
• boorish
• classless
• clownish
• uneasy
• loutish
• churlish
• stiff
• awkward
• inexperienced
• clumsy
• rustic
• raw
• gauche
• graceless
• stilted
• ungraceful
• puerile
• callow
• uncivilized
• unsophisticated
• uncultured
• unrefined
• unworldly
• inelegant
• stodgy
• ungainly
• hick
• insecure
• rough-hewn
• gawky
• philistine
• diffident
• lubberly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of metropolitan

Noun

From Atlantic beaches to Western mountains to central metropolitans, there’s a destination suited to every type of traveler. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025

Han, looking almost cartoonishly mid-century metropolitan, wears a dark coat, with the lapel snapped up, over a white shirt and a dark tie. — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025

Adjective

In June, he was located in West Valley, in the Phoenix metropolitan area, and voluntarily participated in an interview with them. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Targeting Inbound Migration And Job Growth​ Investors can leverage regional shifts by focusing on secondary and tertiary markets instead of massive metropolitan areas. — Justin Donald, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026