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urbaner

/ɜː(ɹ)ˈbeɪnə(ɹ)/

urbaner is the comparative form of urbane.

Meaning of urbane

Adjective

urbane (comparative urbaner or more urbane, superlative urbanest or most urbane)

  1. Of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave.
    • We took advantage of our acquaintance with the urbane Frenchman to join his party; the conversation turned almost entirely on literary subjects.1828, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XV, in Pelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 93–94
    Synonyms:
    debonair
    Antonyms:
    rustic, unurbane
  2. Of an act, expression, etc.: suited to a person of refined manners; elegant, sophisticated.
    • He [Yusuf I of Granada] had an excellent memory, well stored with science and erudition; he was of a lively genius, and accounted the best poet of his time, and his manners were gentle, affable, and urbane.1832, [Washington Irving], “Jusef Abul Hagias, the Finisher of the Alhambra”, in The Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards. […], volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry...
    Antonyms:
    unurbane

Noun

urbaner (plural urbaners)

  1. Synonym of urbanite.
    Synonyms:
    urbanite

Synonyms of urbaner

Forms of urbaner

pluralurbaners

Origin of urbaner

From urban + -er.

Questions about urbaner

What does urbaner mean?
Urbaner means synonym of urbanite.
What is urbaner the comparative form of?
Urbaner is the comparative form of urbane.
What part of speech is urbaner?
Urbaner is a noun.
How do you pronounce urbaner?
Urbaner is pronounced /ɜː(ɹ)ˈbeɪnə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of urbaner?
The plural of urbaner is urbaners.

Words near urbaner in the dictionary

  1. urbane
  2. Urbanek
  3. Urbaneks
  4. urbanely
  5. urbaneness
  6. urbaner
  7. urbaners
  8. urbanest
  9. urbania
  10. Urbaniak
  11. Urbaniaks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: urbaner (page history and authors); urbane (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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