suburban
/səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən/
suburban adjective: relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.
Adjective
suburban (comparative more suburban, superlative most suburban)
- Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.
- a new electoral district embracing both suburban and urban areas
- Suburban villas, highway-ſide retreats, / That dread th' encroachment of our growing ſtreets, / Tight boxes, neatly ſaſh'd, and in a blaze / With all a July ſun's collected rays, / Delight the citizen, who gaſping there, / Breathes clouds of duſt and calls it country air.1782, William Cowper, “Retirement”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 282
Noun
suburban (plural suburbans)
- A person who lives in a suburb.
- An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.
suburban meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
suburban in Hindi
- उपनगरीय
suburban in Tamil
- புற நகர்ச் சார்ந்த, புறநகர்
suburban in Marathi
- उपनगरीय, उपनगराळ
suburban in Urdu
- مضافاتی
More languagesFewer languages
- suburban in Bengali
- শহরতলিসুলভ
- suburban in Telugu
- సబర్బన్
- suburban in Malayalam
- നഗരപ്രാന്തത്തിലുള്ള, നഗരോപാന്തത്തിലുള്ള, പാർപ്പിടങ്ങളുള്ള, പാർപ്പിടത്തിനുപയോഗിക്കാവുന്ന
- suburban in Kannada
- ಉಪನಗರ
- suburban in Punjabi
- ਉਪਨਗਰੀ, ਉਪਨਗਰੀਅਨ
- suburban in Gujarati
- ઉપનગરીય
- suburban in Odia
- ଉପନଗରୀଯ଼
- suburban in Vietnamese
- ngoại ô
Examples of suburban in a sentence
- Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.
- The writers are dishing up more of the same with this bland suburban sitcom.
- He’s always thought of himself as boring, “a white-bread suburban househusband.”
Antonyms of suburban
Forms of suburban
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more suburban |
| superlative | most suburban |
| Noun | |
| plural | suburbans |
Origin of suburban
From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”), equivalent to sub- + urban.
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Words that rhyme with suburban
Questions about suburban
- What does suburban mean?
- Suburban means relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.
- What is suburban in Hindi?
- Suburban in Hindi is उपनगरीय. See Suburban meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is suburban?
- Suburban can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce suburban?
- Suburban is pronounced /səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən/.
Words near suburban in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: suburban (page history and authors); suburban (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suburban (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suburban (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suburban (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suburban (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suburban (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suburban (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); suburban (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suburban (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suburban (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suburban (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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