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.
  •major city (noun)
  • downtown.
  •metropolis (noun)
  • urban center.
  •town (noun)
  • suburb,
  • village,
  • hamlet.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • faubourg,
  • hull,
  • county,
  • base,
  • buffalo,
  • burgh,
  • trade center,
  • hundred,
  • bishopric,
  • Sheriffalty,
  • oblast,
  • funds,
  • exurbia,
  • magistracy,
  • bailiwick,
  • stock,
  • principality,
  • Ville,
  • ward,
  • Arrondissement,
  • diocese,
  • art center,
  • Wapentake,
  • city-state,
  • region,
  • metropolitan,
  • bale,
  • Dorp,
  • bourg,
  • medical center,
  • departement,
  • kraal,
  • market town,
  • tourist center,
  • outskirts,
  • canton,
  • precinct,
  • stake,
  • Thorp,
  • duchy,
  • urban sprawl,
  • suburbia,
  • province,
  • state,
  • cap,
  • shopping center,
  • courthouse,
  • electoral district,
  • seat,
  • shire,
  • meshed,
  • country,
  • Constablewick,
  • Banlieue,
  • independence,
  • government,
  • lathe,
  • BIG APPLE,
  • electorate,
  • railroad center,
  • ham,
  • territory,
  • see,
  • ghost town,
  • large city,
  • commune,
  • Sheriffwick,
  • archdiocese,
  • riding,
  • mofussil,
  • archbishopric,
  • ghetto,
  • congressional district,
  • district,
  • okrug,
  • Tithing,
  • wealth,
  • borough,
  • Soke,
  • Shrievalty,
  • parish,
  • capital city,
  • community,
  • urban district.

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.