What is another word for burbs?
320 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bˈɜːbz], [ bˈɜːbz], [ b_ˈɜː_b_z]
The word "burbs" is an informal slang referring to the suburbs or suburban areas. There are several synonyms to this word, including the suburbs, outskirts, hinterlands, exurbs, periphery, and fringe. The suburbs are residential areas surrounding a city, usually characterized by a suburban lifestyle. Outskirts are the outermost parts of a city, while hinterlands are the often remote and rural areas surrounding it. Exurbs are regions located beyond the suburbs and may still retain some elements of a rural lifestyle. Periphery refers to the outer edges, usually far from the center of activity, while the fringe is the outermost part of an area where the suburb meets the rural countryside.
Synonyms for Burbs:
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• Middle America Other synonyms:
- Chinatown ,
- Maidan ,
- agora ,
- armpit ,
- barrio ,
- borough ,
- cabbagetown ,
- cantonment ,
- catchment area ,
- city centre ,
- concrete jungle ,
- council estate ,
- dockland ,
- downtown ,
- favela ,
- ghetto ,
- housing project ,
- industrial estate ,
- industrial park ,
- inner city ,
- kasbah ,
- main drag ,
- midtown ,
- no-go area ,
- outskirts ,
- park ,
- pedestrian mall ,
- piazza ,
- plaza ,
- precinct ,
- riverfront ,
- science park ,
- seafront ,
- shantytown ,
- skid row ,
- souk ,
- sprawl ,
- stockbroker belt ,
- street ,
- suburb ,
- the East End ,
- the East Side ,
- tin pan alley ,
- town centre ,
- trading estate ,
- urban sprawl .
- ground zero ,
- high street ,
- honky-tonk ,
- hood ,
- marketplace ,
- neighborhood ,
- town ,
- ward .
- block .
Other relevant words:
- aaron montgomery ward ,
- acres ,
- after part ,
- arena ,
- auction block ,
- axilla ,
- axillary cavity ,
- axillary fossa ,
- back country ,
- backwoods ,
- ballpark ,
- bang ,
- bar ,
- barrelhouse ,
- barren ,
- barricade ,
- basin ,
- billet ,
- bivouac ,
- blank out ,
- block off ,
- block up ,
- blockade ,
- blockage ,
- blocking ,
- blow ,
- body politic ,
- bonnet ,
- boondocks ,
- burl ,
- business district ,
- camp ,
- canton ,
- cap ,
- car park ,
- casbah ,
- cast ,
- catchment basin ,
- cellblock ,
- center ,
- central city ,
- choke up ,
- city block ,
- city center ,
- close up ,
- closure ,
- coarse ,
- commons ,
- commonwealth ,
- community ,
- consume ,
- contrive ,
- conurbation ,
- cowl ,
- cowling ,
- crossroads ,
- cube ,
- cylinder block ,
- deflect ,
- demesne ,
- department ,
- design ,
- desolate ,
- devastate ,
- discussion section ,
- dissipation ,
- division ,
- do in ,
- domain ,
- drainage area ,
- drainage basin ,
- draw ,
- draw a blank ,
- draw and quarter ,
- emaciate ,
- embarrass ,
- encampment ,
- engine block ,
- environment ,
- envision ,
- estate of the realm ,
- exhaust hood ,
- expanse ,
- externalise ,
- externalize ,
- fancy ,
- field ,
- figure ,
- forget ,
- fourth ,
- fourth part ,
- freeze ,
- frontier settlement ,
- godforsaken ,
- goon ,
- green ,
- guard ,
- halt ,
- hinder ,
- hoodlum ,
- hospital ward ,
- image ,
- immobilise ,
- immobilize ,
- impede ,
- incision ,
- interference fringe ,
- ithiel town ,
- jam ,
- jut ,
- jut out ,
- kibosh ,
- knock off ,
- knot ,
- labor ,
- land ,
- landed estate ,
- languish ,
- lay waste to ,
- lens hood ,
- liquidate ,
- locality ,
- lug ,
- macerate ,
- main street ,
- mall ,
- market ,
- market place ,
- mart ,
- mental block ,
- middle class ,
- mutual ,
- nation ,
- neck of the woods ,
- neighbourhood ,
- neutralise ,
- neutralize ,
- obstruct ,
- obturate ,
- occlude ,
- occlusion ,
- one-fourth ,
- one-quarter ,
- orbit ,
- outer boundary ,
- outskirt ,
- outstation ,
- parking area ,
- parking lot ,
- parkland ,
- parry ,
- part ,
- periphery ,
- permissive waste ,
- picture ,
- pine away ,
- place ,
- plan ,
- plane section ,
- plebeian ,
- poop ,
- projection ,
- propose ,
- protrude ,
- public housing ,
- public square ,
- pulley ,
- pulley block ,
- pulley-block ,
- punk ,
- quartern ,
- ravage ,
- region ,
- residential district ,
- river basin ,
- rot ,
- rough-cut ,
- run off ,
- rural area ,
- scourge ,
- see ,
- segment ,
- send off ,
- settlement ,
- shopping center ,
- shopping centre ,
- shopping mall ,
- slum area ,
- small town ,
- sphere ,
- sprawling ,
- squander ,
- state ,
- stern ,
- stick out ,
- stop ,
- stoppage ,
- straggle ,
- strong-armer ,
- stuff ,
- stymie ,
- stymy ,
- subdivision ,
- suburban area ,
- surface area ,
- surgical incision ,
- surround ,
- surroundings ,
- tail ,
- task ,
- the three estates ,
- thriftlessness ,
- throw ,
- thug ,
- tough ,
- toughie ,
- townsfolk ,
- township ,
- townspeople ,
- twenty-five percent ,
- uncouth ,
- undertaking ,
- unwashed ,
- usual ,
- vernacular ,
- vicinity ,
- visualise ,
- visualize ,
- vulgar ,
- ware ,
- waste material ,
- waste matter ,
- waste product ,
- wastefulness ,
- wasteland ,
- watershed ,
- wild .
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How to use "Burbs" in context?
The neighborhood of the suburbs is always associated with vast fields, large houses and wide streets. In the days of the horse and buggy, the suburbs were the place for those who could afford to leave the city. It wasn't until the 1920s that the first suburb, Grosse Pointe Park, began to be built. But it wasn't until the 1950s that the suburbs really began to take off. The suburbs are now a staple of American life and are recognizable everywhere.
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