Suburbia

Quick meaning: Suburbia is a noun meaning (originally British) 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.

Meaning

(originally British) 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.

Example Sentences

Outside a new day is dawning / Outside suburbia is sprawling everywhere

Let's take a ride and run with the dogs tonight / In suburbia / You can't hide, run with the dogs tonight / In suburbia

Others with young families prefer their children to live by the sea, rather than in suburbia, even if as a result one or both parents have to travel many miles to their work.

In essence, [John] Betjeman's poetry and prose reveal that he loved the inter-war suburbia of Metroland more than the suburbia it had evolved into by the 1970s, but he loved the countryside more than either.

Word Forms

• suburbias

Synonyms for suburbia

Depending on context, synonyms include suburbandom, suburbanhood, suburbanism, suburbanity, suburb.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include suburb, barrio, commuter, country, shire, upland.

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