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

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

The ceaseless Russian drone attacks on cities and towns aim to wear down Ukraine’s resistance and cripple the Ukrainian economy. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Three guns are kept in towns along Highway 550, and all of them are old; Ouray’s howitzer dates to 1954. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Castles and stately homes were blown up, towns put under siege and their walls razed, churches stripped. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

A week gives travelers time to complete the route while staying in towns including Sainte-Flavie, Carleton-sur-Mer, Percé, and Sainte-Anne-des-Monts. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026

Under the new map, District 22 has narrowed, while extending north to include smaller towns like Huron, Riverdale, Caruthers, Kerman and San Joaquin. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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