Synonyms & related words for urban

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of urban. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to urban

Explore words related to urban — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include nonurban, citification, urbanism, urbanology, urbanist, urbanite, citified, urbanized. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does urban come from?

The word urban breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root urb-, from Latin urbs (“city”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.