city

Speech parts

1. city - Noun

2. city - Adjective

3. City - Proper noun

Meaning

A large town.

A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.

The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city.

Of or pertaining to a city.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

metropolis capital borough municipality town megalopolis conurbation apple babylonian venetian corinthian canton pueblo cologne burg
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Antonyms

russia kingdom greece republic morocco congo
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Hypernyms

municipality administrative division administrative district

Hyponyms

provincial capital state capital national capital

Phrases with the word

Leicester City the City Old City Haltom City Florida City Chocolate City

Derivatives

cities

Anagrams

ICTY

Examples

Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man. Hesiod

You can see that a city is prosperous by the wealth of goods for sale in the market. Land too we call prosperous if it bears rich fruit. And so also the soul may be counted prosperous if it is full of good works of every kind. Basil of Caesarea

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. George Burns

A bad man in Zion City is a good man in Chicago. American Proverb

If you enter the city of the blind, cover your eyes. Persian Proverb

You can close the city gates but not the mouths of men. Persian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Cittura cyanotis citty CITV City administration city administration building city administrative court