- a residential district situated on the outskirts of a city or town
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sub•urb /ˈsʌbɜrb/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a district or area of land lying immediately outside a city or town, esp. a smaller residential community.
- the suburbs, [plural] an area composed of such districts, or such areas thought of as a group, as with respect to their political leanings:The Republican candidate was leading in the suburbs.
sub•urb
(sub′ûrb),USA pronunciation n.
sub′urbed, adj.
- a district lying immediately outside a city or town, esp. a smaller residential community.
- the suburbs, the area composed of such districts.
- an outlying part.
- Latin suburbium, equivalent. to sub- sub- + urb(s) city + -ium -ium
- Middle English 1350–1400
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suburb /ˈsʌbɜːb/ n
'suburbs' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Botany Bay
- Cape Peninsula
- commuter
- environs
- exurbia
- Greater
- London
- metropolitan
- Mexico City
- route
- suburban
- suburbia
- westie
- Athens
- Baku
- Brussels
- burgeon
- Canberra
- close-in
- Conakry
- Copenhagen
- countrified
- exurb
- fetch
- go-train
- gravitation
- invade
- Kalgoorlie
- Launceston
- Los Angeles
- megalopolis
- Metroplex
- overnight
- overpopulate
- proper
- ranch house
- reverse commuter
- Vancouver
- villa
- spring
- Stockholm
- strip
- subcommunity
- suburb