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Antonyms for suburbia
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : suh-bur-bee-uh |
Phonetic Transcription : səˈbɜr bi ə |
Definition of suburbia
Origin :- 1895, from suburb + -ia, probably influenced by utopia; originally in England with reference to London.
- As in outskirts : noun edge of a geographic area
- As in suburb : noun neighborhood outside of but reliant on nearby large city
- As in Middle America : noun general populice
- As in silent majority : noun general public
- A Radical out and out, she learnt to speak with horror of Suburbia.
- Extract from : « A Room With A View » by E. M. Forster
- He bore the stamp of suburbia all over him, and his accent was peculiarly that of London.
- Extract from : « Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo » by William Le Queux
- As for the Spaniards and the Scandinavians, they would pass for geniuses only in Suburbia.
- Extract from : « A Book of Prefaces » by H. L. Mencken
- A model of the Suburbia 38, a riding mower powered by a 5-hp gasoline engine with three speeds between ½ mph and 4½ mph.
- Extract from : « Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology » by John T. Schlebecker
- Such are the atrocities upon which Suburbia has to base its ideas of one of the most imposing of trees.
- Extract from : « Wayside and Woodland Trees » by Edward Step
- Suburbia often makes the excuse that their pocket-handkerchief of a garden is much too small to be made beautiful.
- Extract from : « Myths & Legends of Japan » by F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland) Davis
- He spoke with a cultured English accent more than a Cockney or a suburbia accent.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- In her most rebellious moods the leaven of Philistia (or the British equivalent, Suburbia) comes to the surface.
- Extract from : « Ivory Apes and Peacocks » by James Huneker
- The Emperor and Empress, though immensely wealthy, practise the economy of London suburbia.
- Extract from : « The Secrets of Potsdam » by William Le Queux
- There is much good-natured satire and lively reading at the expense of Suburbia.
- Extract from : « Psyche » by Louis Couperus
Synonyms for suburbia
- bedroom community
- border
- boundary
- bourgeoisie
- burb
- country
- countryside
- edge
- environs
- fringe
- grassroots movement
- ground swell
- hamlet
- hinterland
- limit
- Middle America
- outlying area
- outpost
- outskirts
- periphery
- precinct
- purlieu
- purlieus
- residential area
- silent majority
- slub
- sticks
- subtopia
- suburb
- suburbia
- the burbs
- vicinity
- village
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