4
uptown(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
4
urban(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
3
citizen(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
3
city-born(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
3
city-bred(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
3
city-like(adjective, place, city, town)
3
cityfied(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
3
densely populated(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
3
interurban(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
3
midtown(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
3
non-rural(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
3
townified(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
3
urbanised(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
2
burghal(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
2
charter(noun, metropolitanize)
1
altered(noun, metropolitanize)
1
amplified
1
beefed-up
1
brownfield(noun, metropolitanize)
1
built
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