Synonyms of towns

towns

noun

plural of town

as in cities

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

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of towns

The group has properties in multiple destination towns and cities, from the old capital of Ayutthaya to the island of Phuket. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Balatonfüred, one of its most popular vacation towns, is a one-and-a-half-hour drive from Budapest. — Lucy Handley, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

The Houthis denied Yemeni government claims that they had been driven out of towns near the strait. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Fazio said that his private sector employment had nothing to do with his decision to vote in the state Senate against a high-profile bill that would prohibit Connecticut towns and state agencies from purchasing drones made in China and Russia. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Residents of these northeastern Pennsylvania towns today see their campaign as a small but vital part of a national opposition to the AI infrastructure buildout associated with rising costs and widespread environmental risks. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

The event, televised by dozens of channels across Serbia, capped a week of Vucic touring towns and villages in an apparent bid to shore up his popularity that's been shaken after almost two years of sustained anti-government protests. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

The protests started in the Parisian suburbs, where poverty levels are high, then spread to Paris itself and other French towns, including Marseille, Strasbourg, Tours ​and Lille. — Reuters, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2026

Nor'easter damages towns at Jersey Shore New Jersey State Police emergency management officials used a drone Monday to survey the damage along the promenade. — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026