asphalt jungle
noun
: a big city or a specified part of a big city
Synonyms
- burg
- city
- cosmopolis
- megacity
- megalopolis
- metropolis
- municipality
- town
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Example Sentences
a realistic novel about life in the asphalt jungle
Word History
First Known Use
1920, in the meaning defined above
asphalt jungle
noun
as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area a realistic novel about life in the asphalt jungle Synonyms & Similar Words
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- city
- town
- metropolis
- municipality
- suburb
- urban sprawl
- burg
- garden city
- cosmopolis
- megalopolis
- central city
- megacity
- inner city
- borough
- downtown
- edge city
- core city
- suburbia
- midtown
- conurbation
- exurb