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suburblike

suburblike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a suburb.

Adjective

suburblike (comparative more suburblike, superlative most suburblike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a suburb.
    • The neighborhood, a blocky parcel formerly known as Trains Meadows and about 30 minutes by subway from Midtown Manhattan, was created in the early 20th century as a suburblike development.2015 November 3, Manohla Dargis, “Review: ‘In Jackson Heights,’ an Ode to the Immigrant Experience”, in New York Times

Forms of suburblike

comparativemore suburblike
superlativemost suburblike

Origin of suburblike

From suburb + -like.

Questions about suburblike

What does suburblike mean?
Suburblike means resembling or characteristic of a suburb.
What part of speech is suburblike?
Suburblike is an adjective.

Words near suburblike in the dictionary

  1. suburbian
  2. suburbians
  3. suburbias
  4. suburbicarian
  5. suburbicary
  6. suburblike
  7. suburbs
  8. suburceolate
  9. suburethral
  10. suburethrally
  11. suburothelial

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