intercity
intercity adjective: between cities; connecting cities with other cities.
Adjective
intercity (not comparable)
- Between cities; connecting cities with other cities.
- I plan to catch an intercity train, or bus.
- A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, page 13 (Technology Quarterly)
- Synonyms:
- interurban
- Antonyms:
- intracity, intraurban
Noun
intercity (plural intercities)
- Something that runs between cities, such as a railroad.
intercity meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malay and Indonesian
intercity in Tamil
- நகரிடை இயங்கும் ஊர்தி, நகரிடை, பன்னகர
intercity in Bengali
- intercity
- আন্তঃনগর antonogor
intercity in Malay
- between cities
- antarabandar
intercity in Indonesian
- between cities
- antarkota
Synonyms of intercity
Antonyms
Forms of intercity
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | inter-city |
| Noun | |
| plural | intercities |
Origin of intercity
From inter- + city.
Questions about intercity
- What does intercity mean?
- Intercity means between cities; connecting cities with other cities.
- What is intercity in Tamil?
- Intercity in Tamil is நகரிடை இயங்கும் ஊர்தி, நகரிடை, பன்னகர. See Intercity meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is intercity?
- Intercity can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near intercity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intercity (page history and authors); intercity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আন্তঃনগর (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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