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

Independent Polish judges visited scores of towns to promote the rule of law and teach voters about the country's constitution. — ABC News, 10 July 2026

Increasingly severe wildfires — fueled by climate change and more than a century of forest mismanagement — have forced an environmental reckoning on mountain towns nestled in California’s Sierra Nevada. — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

By that point, for a variety of reasons, the culture of spas as gathering places in the summer was on the wane, and many spa towns had to reinvent themselves. — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 9 July 2026

Disability rights advocates fought for years to have towns and cities install curb cuts — a slope from the sidewalk to the street that lets a wheelchair user cross the road easily and safely. — Ashley Milne-Tyte, NPR, 9 July 2026

Flock’s overreach is already so vast that, in Feder’s case, he was warned to drive straight home and not cross into the neighboring towns — where their own Flock cameras would wrongly flag his car and sic the cops on him, too. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 July 2026

Over the last few years, there are these sounds that have appeared in certain towns that have driven people mad, that’s actually happening. — Reshma Gopaldas, IndieWire, 9 July 2026

Gambino’s is typically found in many small towns across Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Nebraska. — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

Beyond the foliage there's apple picking, harvest festivals, Halloween in Salem and a string of storybook towns. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026