Meaning

Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs..

Definitions by Sense

1. Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.
2. A person who lives in a suburb.
3. An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.

Example Sentences

Suburban villas, highway-ſide retreats, / That dread th' encroachment of our growing ſtreets, / Tight boxes, neatly ſaſh'd, and in a blaze / With all a July ſun's collected rays, / Delight the citizen, who gaſping there, / Breathes clouds of duſt and calls it country air.

Not only has suburban life separated the great concentrated masses of our people from their birthright of meadows, fields and woods; of Nature, in her untamed splendour and mystery, most of them have never had so much as a momentary glimpse.

They form part of the vast electrification and reconstruction schemes which have been in hand for a number of years at Liverpool Street, and in suburban Essex, and include the rearrangement of tracks, of which the Ilford flyover forms part; the modern signal boxes, now needed only at key points; the electric control or sub-stations; and a large electric car shed.

Tiffany Henyard’s tumultuous tenure as mayor of south suburban Dolton is coming to an end, and voters were very clear about ousting her.

Word Forms

• more suburban
• most suburban
• suburbans

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When Should You Use Suburban?

Use suburban when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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