metropolitan
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Synonyms & Antonyms for metropolitan
Synonyms: Noun
city slicker, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, slicker, sophisticate
Antonyms: Noun
bumpkin, hick, provincial, rustic, yokel
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Examples of metropolitan in a Sentence
Noun
a TV series about the lives and loves of a group of young, attractive metropolitansAdjective
the greater New York metropolitan area
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Brexit devolved into an identity war: an English counter-revolution between nationalists and internationalists, country geezers versus young metropolitans, Little England versus Great Britain. — Tina Brown, Time, "Tina Brown: How Britain Lost the Plot Over Brexit," 6 June 2019 The new list ranks the country's 125 largest metropolitan areas based on affordability, job prospects and quality of life. — Enquirer Staff, Cincinnati.com, "Week in Review: It's blue ice cream season, wacky weather and more," 13 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'metropolitan.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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