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{
"urbanity":{
"as in sophistication , cosmopolitanism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cosmopolitanism",
"sophistication",
"education",
"erudition",
"intellectualism",
"intellectuality",
"knowledge",
"learning",
"literacy",
"scholarship",
"breeding",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"manners",
"accomplishment",
"civilization",
"couth",
"cultivation",
"culture",
"polish",
"refinement",
"class",
"elegance",
"grace",
"taste",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"politeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barbarianism",
"barbarism",
"philistinism",
"ignorance",
"illiteracy",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"rusticity",
"unsophistication",
"boorishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"urban myth":{
"as in word , talk":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buzz",
"dish",
"gossip",
"hearsay",
"noise",
"report",
"rumor",
"scuttlebutt",
"talk",
"tattle",
"word",
"tale",
"whisper",
"whispering",
"hint",
"intimation",
"rumbling",
"dirt",
"scandal",
"disinformation",
"propaganda"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"urbanite":{
"as in suburbanite":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"suburbanite",
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"national",
"native",
"occupant",
"resident",
"resider",
"subject",
"burgher",
"citizen",
"townie",
"towny",
"townsman",
"townswoman",
"villager",
"town",
"townsfolk",
"townspeople"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alien",
"foreigner",
"guest",
"nonnative",
"tourist",
"transient",
"visitor",
"noncitizen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sophisticate , cosmopolitan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"city slicker",
"cosmopolitan",
"cosmopolite",
"metropolitan",
"slicker",
"sophisticate",
"worldling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bumpkin",
"hick",
"provincial",
"rustic",
"yokel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"urbane":{
"having or showing very polished and worldly manners":{
"examples":[
"a gentlemanly and urbane host of elegant dinner parties"
],
"synonyms":[
"debonair",
"smooth",
"sophisticated",
"suave",
"svelte"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavalier",
"glib",
"slick",
"unctuous",
"civilized",
"couth",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"graceful",
"gracious",
"poised",
"polished",
"refined",
"well-bred",
"cosmopolitan",
"metro",
"metropolitan",
"smart",
"worldly-wise",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"practiced",
"practised",
"schooled",
"seasoned",
"amiable",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"assured",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"placid",
"secure",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gauche",
"graceless",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungraceful",
"wooden",
"callow",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"puerile",
"raw",
"hick",
"parochial",
"provincial",
"rough-hewn",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"inelegant",
"philistine",
"uncivilized",
"uncultured",
"unrefined",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"gawky",
"lubberly",
"stodgy",
"ungainly",
"diffident",
"insecure"
],
"antonyms":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"classless",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"urbanized":{
"as in citified":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"citified",
"urban",
"metro",
"metropolitan",
"municipal",
"nonagricultural",
"nonfarm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucolic",
"country",
"pastoral",
"rural",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"backwoods",
"backwoodsy",
"countrified",
"countryfied",
"provincial",
"agrarian",
"agricultural"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to accustom to the ways of the city":{
"examples":[
"every September the city of Boston urbanizes a new crop of college students from small towns across the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"citified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civilized",
"cultivated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"urban sprawls":{
"as in cities , inner cities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"asphalt jungles",
"burgs",
"cities",
"cosmopolises",
"megacities",
"megalopolises",
"metropolises",
"municipalities",
"towns",
"core cities",
"downtowns",
"inner cities",
"midtowns",
"central cities",
"edge cities",
"garden cities",
"exurbs",
"suburbias",
"suburbs",
"conurbations",
"boroughs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"urbanize":{
"to accustom to the ways of the city":{
"examples":[
"every September the city of Boston urbanizes a new crop of college students from small towns across the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"citify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civilize",
"cultivate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"urban":{
"as in metropolitan , metro":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"metro",
"metropolitan",
"communal",
"local",
"regional",
"government",
"governmental",
"civil",
"national",
"public",
"civic",
"federal",
"municipal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"urbanizes":{
"to accustom to the ways of the city":{
"examples":[
"every September the city of Boston urbanizes a new crop of college students from small towns across the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"citifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civilizes",
"cultivates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"urbanizing":{
"to accustom to the ways of the city":{
"examples":[
"every September the city of Boston urbanizes a new crop of college students from small towns across the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"citifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"civilizing",
"cultivating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"urbanites":{
"as in suburbanites":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"suburbanites",
"towns",
"townsfolk",
"townspeople",
"cliff dwellers",
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"nationals",
"natives",
"occupants",
"residents",
"residers",
"subjects",
"townswomen",
"burghers",
"citizens",
"townies",
"townsmen",
"villagers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noncitizens",
"aliens",
"foreigners",
"guests",
"nonnatives",
"tourists",
"transients",
"visitors",
"gownsmen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sophisticates , cosmopolitans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"city slickers",
"cosmopolitans",
"cosmopolites",
"metropolitans",
"slickers",
"sophisticates",
"worldlings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bumpkins",
"hicks",
"provincials",
"rustics",
"yokels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"urban legend":{
"as in word , talk":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buzz",
"dish",
"gossip",
"hearsay",
"noise",
"report",
"rumor",
"scuttlebutt",
"talk",
"tattle",
"word",
"tale",
"whisper",
"whispering",
"hint",
"intimation",
"rumbling",
"dirt",
"scandal",
"disinformation",
"propaganda"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}