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

Meet Palestinian entrepreneurs at EasTech, a high-tech incubator that is primarily funded by the Jerusalem municipality and Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. — Aaron Kaplowitz, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

The organization helped elevate Pride throughout the region, inspiring the Downtown Napa Association to hang Pride flags on light posts, eventually expanding the display to every municipality in Napa County. — Matt Kirouac, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026

In the fall of 1989, a select group of Soviet scientists was summoned to Obolensk, a secluded municipality on Moscow’s periphery, and gathered at what appeared to be an insane asylum to discuss a pioneering technique for mass murder. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

One man died in Manises, the Spanish municipality reported on its Facebook page, the first reported death in the fires. — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026