English Explanatory Dictionary

metropolitan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an archbishop.
  2. The inhabitant of a metropolis.
adj
  1. Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan.
  2. Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement.
  3. Of or pertaining to the parent state of a colony or territory, or the home country, e.g. metropolitan France
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to London, United Kingdom.
name
  1. The Metropolitan Line of London Underground, which has its ancestry in the Metropolitan Railway.

Pronunciation

/mɛtɹəˈpɒlɪtən/ [-tn̩] /ˌmɛtɹəˈpɑlɪtən/ [-ɾən] [-ɾn̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-metropolitan.wav /ˌmetɹəˈpɔlɪtən/ /ˌmetɹəˈpɒlɪtən/

Word forms

metropolitan metropolitans more metropolitan most metropolitan

Etymology

From Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).

Synonyms

metropolitan bishop Met

Antonyms

non-metropolitan

Derived words

Delaware Valley Metropolitan Area extrametropolitan Kamrup Metropolitan metroplex metropolitan area metropolitan area network metropolitanate metropolitan borough metropolitan city metropolitan core metropolitan county metropolitan elite metropolitanise metropolitanism metropolitanize metropolitanly metropolitanship metrosexual micropolitan nonmetropolitan perimetropolitan ruralpolitan Santiago Metropolitan Region submetropolitan unmetropolitan
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