Definition for Metropolis:

• me-trop'o-lis, n. the capital of a country; the chief cathedral city, as Canterbury of England: the mother-city of an ancient Greek colony: a generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals:-- pl. METROP'OLISES.-- adj. METROPOL'ITAN, belonging to a metropolis: pertaining to the mother-church.-- n. the bishop of a metropolis, presiding over the other bishops of a province: an archbishop.-- n. METROPOL'ITANATE.-- adjs. METROPOL'ITIC, - AL. [ L.,-- Gr. m[= e]t[= e]r, mother, polis, a city.]

Synonyms for Metropolis:

• n.

  •
  • dormitory town,
  • county town,
  • city state,
  • county seat,
  • the big smoke.
  •
  • urban.
  •asphalt jungle (noun)
  • mean street,
  • urban complexes,
  • asphalt-jungle.
  •center (noun)
  • cross roads,
  • trading centers,
  • social centers,
  • cross road.
  •city (noun)
  • poleis,
  • metropolitan areas,
  • boom towns,
  • megalopolises,
  • urban places.
  •concrete jungle (noun)
  • concrete-jungle.
  •group (noun)
  • metropolis.
  •town (noun)
  • hamlet,
  • village,
  • suburb,
  • borough.
  •urban center (noun)
  • urban center.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • boom town,
  • burg,
  • capital,
  • center,
  • city,
  • concrete jungle,
  • conurbation,
  • hub,
  • mart,
  • megalopolis,
  • municipality,
  • polestar,
  • station,
  • town,
  • township,
  • Foci,
  • polestars,
  • townships,
  • URB,
  • POLIS,
  • URBS,
  • asphalt jungle,
  • Cross-road,
  • trading center,
  • cross-roads,
  • political front,
  • principal city,
  • social center,
  • mean streets,
  • urban complex,
  • metropolitan area,
  • urban place,
  • conurbations.
  •Other relevant words:
  • GARDEN CITY,
  • cosmopolis,
  • megacity,
  • hill station,
  • sister city,
  • twin town,
  • chief city,
  • exurb,
  • company town,
  • woop woop,
  • aerotropolis,
  • modern city,
  • native place,
  • urban jungle.

Paraphrases for Metropolis:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    powers, Mats, Metropole.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    metropolitan, metro.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    cosmopolitan, capital, metro.

Metropolis Sentence Examples:

• But so soon as I crossed the Danube I set about opening up my lines of communication, and I hadn't been two days in this metropolis before I had got my telephone exchange buzzing.

• He was found to be a well - known citizen of the great metropolis, moving in the highest circles and with a reputation for wealth won by an extraordinary business instinct.

Hyponym for Metropolis:

• n.

  • group
    municipality.