whistle–stop

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of WHISTLE-STOP

a small residential settlement <for that all-important primary election, candidates are willing to go to every whistle-stop in the state>

Synonyms bourg, hamlet, townlet, vill, whistle-stop

Related Words cow town, Podunk; outpost

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