metropolitan

met-ro-pol-i-tan · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    (Adjective) Relating to or characteristic of a large city.

  2. 2.

    (Adjective) Sophisticated or cosmopolitan in character.

  3. 3.

    (Noun) A bishop having authority over a province.

Related words

Antonyms: provincial, rural
See also: city, metropolis, urban
Synonyms: city, cosmopolitan, urban

Etymology

From Greek metropolites meaning "citizen of a mother city."