Synonyms of suburbs

suburbs

noun

plural of suburb

as in towns

an community near a larger city

a small suburb outside of Dallas

Related Words

• towns
• cities
• suburbias
• municipalities
• exurbs
• metropolises
• megalopolises
• boroughs
• megacities
• burgs
• conurbations
• asphalt jungles
• cosmopolises
• downtowns
• urban sprawls
• central cities
• garden cities
• edge cities
• core cities
• inner cities
• midtowns

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of suburbs

The law primarily applies to rural and small towns along with affluent suburbs and is intended to boost the supply of housing available to people with below-average incomes. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026

Over the last decade-plus, the art collective has grown beyond its anything-goes, punk-meets-psychedelic roots into an organization with full-scale, maximalist installations in its hometown, Denver, Las Vegas, Houston and the Dallas suburbs. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

The company has offices in Naperville and in surrounding suburbs, including in North Aurora, Plainfield and Oswego. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

That mix means the district feels the affordability, insurance, and growth pressures of booming suburbs at the same time as the pressures on agriculture, water, and land use that face our farming communities. — Michael Carbonara, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026

The outage also affected Westcom Emergency Communications, which covers the Des Moines suburbs of Clive, Norwalk, Urbandale, Waukee, West Des Moines, and Windsor Heights. — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026

Both series are created and executive produced by Brad Ingelsby and take place in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 July 2026

The sauvignon-blanc liberals in the affluent coastal suburbs hardly seem capable of pushing back effectively. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

The ranking covers cities of at least 5,000 households that qualify as suburbs of larger cities. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 4 July 2026