Antonyms for suburbanite


Grammar : Noun
Spell : suh-bur-buh-nahyt
Phonetic Transcription : səˈbɜr bəˌnaɪt


Definition of suburbanite

Origin :
  • 1890, from suburban + -ite (1). Middle English used suburban (n.) in this sense (mid-14c.).
  • As in inhabitant : noun person who is resident of habitation
  • As in resident : noun person living in a particular place
  • As in rider : noun equestrian; commuter
  • As in commuter : noun daily traveler, usually for work
Example sentences :
  • I am a suburbanite, and as I said before, a lady, a laboring lady.
  • Extract from : « The Joys of Being a Woman » by Winifred Kirkland
  • The "literary worker" and the "suburbanite" particularly will enjoy the book.
  • Extract from : « The Spirit of the Ghetto » by Hutchins Hapgood
  • Under the night sky the suburbanite stands in the moonlight.
  • Extract from : « Marching Men » by Sherwood Anderson
  • It was then that the chiens de faience, which the smug Paris suburbanite of to-day so loves, were born.
  • Extract from : « Royal Palaces and Parks of France » by Milburg Francisco Mansfield
  • He was no suburbanite, but rural to the backbone, professing a most proper contempt for dwellers in towns.
  • Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • To the suburbanite who comes home after each day's work, the dinner is likely to seem as important as his spouse.
  • Extract from : « Comrade Yetta » by Albert Edwards
  • The railway, the trolley, the automobile and the top buggy have transformed him into a suburbanite.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of the Reaper » by Herbert Newton Casson
  • There is much of man's life in the figure of the suburbanite standing absorbed in his own thoughts in the midst of his radishes.
  • Extract from : « Marching Men » by Sherwood Anderson
  • The “literary worker” and the “suburbanite” particularly will enjoy the book.
  • Extract from : « The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker » by John Strange Winter

Synonyms for suburbanite

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