Urbanite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Urbanite is a noun meaning Someone who lives in a city or similar urban area.
Meaning
Someone who lives in a city or similar urban area.
More Meanings
- One of a demographic class of young, socially-conscious, urban professionals.
- Rock-like recycled building material from man-made sources.
Example Sentences
But an electric car doesn’t make sense for individual urbanites. Few of them drive enough.
In Eugene, Oregon, Rob Bolman received a building permit for a straw bale house with a foundation made of stacked urbanite with a cement-sand mortar and a poured concrete bond beam on top.
Word Forms
- urbanites
Synonyms for urbanite
Depending on context, synonyms include townie.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dwellers, cityite, urbaner, metropolitan, suburbian, suburban.
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