suburbia
The suburbs as a whole and all that characterizes or pertains to themThe suburbs as a whole and all that characterizes or pertains to them; (sometimes derogatory) the suburbs as encapsulated or represented by the typical characteristics or qualities of the people living there, especially complacency, conformity, conservativeness, dullness, etc.
» Nicolette loved living in suburbia: not too far from the city, but not too close, either.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)The suburbs as a whole and all that characterizes or pertains to them; (sometimes derogatory) the suburbs as encapsulated or represented by the typical characteristics or qualities of the people living there, especially complacency, conformity, conservativeness, dullness, etc.
- suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture
- a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
Examples
2 sentencesNicolette loved living in suburbia: not too far from the city, but not too close, either.
Living in suburbia was not a boring life for me because I read and watched science fiction a lot.
Forms
plural: suburbiasSynonyms
6 synonyms- a residential district located on the outskirts of a city:suburbsuburban area
Word family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.