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met·ro·pol·i·tan
 metropolitan
- pronunciation:
- me
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pa
lih
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, pertaining to, or designating a major city, its suburbs, and other neighboring communities; urban.
- synonyms:
- civic, urban
- similar words:
- municipal
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| definition 2: |
of or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, esp. in sophistication, culture, or the like.
- synonyms:
- cosmopolitan, urban
- antonyms:
- provincial
- similar words:
- citified, sophisticated, urbane, worldly, worldly-wise
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| definition 3: |
of, pertaining to, or designating the mother state of a colony, territory, or the like.
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| definition 4: |
of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical metropolitan.
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| related words: |
municipal |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a person who lives in a large city or who has the attitudes and manners associated with such a life.
- synonyms:
- urbanite
- similar words:
- cosmopolitan, sophisticate
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| definition 2: |
an archbishop having authority over bishops, as in the Roman Catholic Church.
- synonyms:
- archbishop
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| definition 3: |
a bishop who is the head of a church province, as in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- similar words:
- bishop
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| derivation: |
metropolitanism (n.) |
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