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

Carr acknowledged that cities and towns may be frustrated by provider delays. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026

Across rural Kansas towns, residents have been organizing and spearheading similar efforts to ban data center development within their communities. — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Already this year, multiple counties and towns have declared local emergencies as a spell of powerful tropical storms from the Pacific generated high surf that eroded local beaches. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Travel experts recommend Washington for an autumn escape filled with golden larches, apple picking, wine tasting, misty rainforests, and charming mountain towns. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2026

Red became associated with rural America, religiosity, the South and the interior West; blue with cities, more secular electorates, the coasts and college towns. — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

The restaurant has since opened two more branches in the Israeli Triangle – a concentration of Arab towns and villages on the Green Line, which demarcates the boundary between the West Bank and Israel. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

When fewer resources are invested in the cultural and basic needs of people in these towns, the outflow of young people becomes even stronger. — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

In February 1998, three consecutive atmospheric rivers brought record precipitation to nearly all of California, and towns such as Willows were flooded for days. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026