metropolitan

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of METROPOLITAN

a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers <a TV series about the lives and loves of a group of young, attractive metropolitans>

Synonyms city slicker, cosmopolite, metropolitan, slicker, sophisticate

Related Words urbanite; worldling

Antonyms bumpkin, hick, provincial, rustic, yokel

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