Synonyms of municipality

municipality

noun

myu̇-ˌni-sə-ˈpa-lə-tē 

as in city

a thickly settled, highly populated area

a municipality with an excellent police department

Synonyms & Similar Words

• city
• town
• metropolis
• suburb
• megalopolis
• burg
• borough
• megacity
• asphalt jungle
• cosmopolis
• conurbation
• downtown
• urban sprawl
• suburbia
• central city
• garden city
• inner city
• core city
• exurb
• midtown
• edge city

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of municipality

The new entity, which would include an unspecified number of members from each of those municipalities, would oversee the Continuum of Care, which is currently under the control of nonprofit Sacramento Steps Forward. — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026

As the second most mountainous municipality in Spain, Castellón’s skyline is decidedly jagged. — Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Across the Atlantic, the company is seeking government approval to construct an eight-unit, 440-megawatt generating station in Sweden’s Tierp municipality at Untra, with each modular reactor slated to generate 55 megawatts of electrical power. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

The price of diesel is a cost that almost every business and municipality in America has to account for, directly or indirectly. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 2 Sep. 2026