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Synonyms for town

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noun

  1. In the United States, a small collection of dwellings

    hamlet, county seat, municipality, township, borough, burg*, jerkwater*, hick town*, falling-off place*, the sticks*; see also village.

  2. In Britain, a large municipality

    market town, thorp, borough; see city.

  3. Urban life

    city life, living in town, big time*, bright lights*; see center 2.

  4. The people in a city, especially the prominent people

    townspeople, inhabitants, high life, social life, society, high circles, social register, upper crust*, bigwigs*, the cream*; see also population.

go to town*
  1. do well, prosper, flourish;

See town in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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