SUBURBIAS Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

suburbia

noun

sə-ˈbər-bē-ə

Definition of suburbia

as in outskirts

the districts adjacent to a city the migration of families to suburbia and the resulting disintegration of inner-city neighborhoods

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Recent Examples of suburbia In one, Lida, a woman living in 1950s suburbia, is trying to move on from her past. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 Mitchell’s own imitation of Spielbergian life, despite its meticulous re-creation (and gleeful destruction) of eighties suburbia, stumbles into an uncanny valley between sincerity and cynicism, between unintentional comedy and deliberate homage. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 As malls and suburbia leeched retailers from downtown, the Metropolitan went dark in 1979. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2026 Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth Eighty-one-year-old Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick lives quietly in suburbia until a neighbor's suspicious death draws attention to her and the decades-old secret she's tried to bury. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for suburbia

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