Meaning
- Suburban (adjective): relating to or characteristic of a suburb, an area just outside a city where many people live, often with houses, schools, and shops.
- It can also describe the lifestyle, culture, or people living in such areas.
Grammar and Usage
- Part of speech: Adjective
- Used before a noun: suburban area, suburban life, suburban house.
- Can also be used figuratively to describe something as ordinary, safe, or lacking excitement: a very suburban taste in music.
Typical structures:
- suburban + noun → suburban neighborhood, suburban train
- noun + in the suburbs → They live in the suburbs of Tokyo.
Common Phrases
- Suburban sprawl – uncontrolled expansion of housing into countryside areas.
- Suburban lifestyle – the way of living in the suburbs.
- Suburban train/railway – a train service connecting the city to suburban areas.
Collocations
- suburban area
- suburban community
- suburban house
- suburban shopping mall
- suburban station
Examples
- They bought a new house in a quiet suburban neighborhood.
- Suburban trains run every 15 minutes during rush hour.
- The city has seen rapid suburban growth in the past decade.
- She prefers suburban life to the busy city center.
- Many suburban families commute to the city for work.
- Suburban sprawl has caused traffic and environmental problems.
- He grew up in a suburban town near Chicago.
- The new school will serve several suburban communities.
Synonyms or Related
- Synonyms: residential, outlying, commuter-belt
- Related: rural (countryside), urban (city)