Meaning & use
suburb
A residential district located on the outskirts of a city or large town.
See it in a sentence
They moved to a quiet suburb to have more space for their growing family.
Commuters from the suburb take an hour-long train ride into the city each morning.
A note on using this word
Usually plural, "suburbs," when referring to the whole surrounding area rather than one district.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
downtown
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