Synonyms of town

town

noun

ˈtau̇n 

as in city

a thickly settled, highly populated area

after driving for miles with nothing but corn and wheat fields to look at, we were relieved to roll into a small town and have a bite to eat at the local diner

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of town

About five years ago, tensions reignited when community members caught wind of plans to cut towering trees near the coastal town of Caspar. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

For example, Cross City, a rural town 50 miles west of Gainesville with a population of 1,689 according to the 2020 Census, was approved for eight license plate readers for $20,000. — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Across town, a stone obelisk—similar to Washington’s but, again, taller—was constructed with 25,550 blocks of white granite, one for each day of Kim’s seven decades of life. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Ben Rahilly owns an appliance store, a gift shop, a furniture store and a concrete business in Newberry, a faded logging town about 60 miles west of the Canadian border. — Russ McNamara, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026