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

Dr Hoggett’s office was in a hospital across town, a building with long corridors, low ceilings, handwashing stations and works of art that were at once innocuous and ill at ease. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Rowan grew up bouncing back and forth between Florida and New York, attending high school in the sunshine state’s coastal town of Hollywood. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Hogan told the judge that Skiba had been out of town when the redactions were made. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

So, in May of this year, the couple returned to the Mexican coastal town, and Graziadei, 31, proposed to his fiancée again. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026