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

It’s based in Arkansas, and while there are a few spots in the KC suburbs that offer Onyx Coffee, Remedy is the first within Kansas City limits. — Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

In much of Los Angeles and the surrounding suburbs, $1 million no longer buys a move-in-ready house, forcing buyers to rethink priorities such as location, size, condition and outdoor space. — Emily Hochberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Olmsted also designed cemeteries, campuses, and garden-city suburbs. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Affluent suburbs — sometimes just a few miles from townships — are well lit, often patrolled by armed private security personnel and have much lower violent crime rates. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

There weren’t many outlets in the Chicago suburbs for a young middle-class girl who wanted to fight for social justice. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

Dillie, 24, is the Democratic nominee in District 161, which encompasses a swath of Savannah’s northwest suburbs. — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026

From the 1960s to ’70s, some one million Americans, disillusioned with modern life, left their comfortable homes in cities and suburbs for a totally new way of living. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Along with the two electric buses operating in the southwest suburbs, Skogsbakken said there is an electric paratransit bus already operational. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026