English Explanatory Dictionary

suburban

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suburban.wav

Word forms

suburban more suburban most suburban suburbans

Etymology

From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”), equivalent to sub- + urban.

Antonyms

nonsuburban

Related words

suburb environs periphery

Derived words

cyburban presuburban semisuburban suburbandom suburbanhood suburbanise suburbanism suburbanite suburbanitis suburbanity suburbanize suburbanly suburbanness suburban sprawl surburbanite unsuburban
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