town

town
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. hamlet, burg[h], village. See abode.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. civic, community, civil; see municipal , urban 2 .
n.
1. [In the United States, a small collection of dwellings]
Syn. hamlet, county seat, municipality, township, borough, burg*, jerkwater*, hick town*, falling-off place*, the sticks*; see also village .
2. [In BRitain, a large municipality]
Syn. market town, thorp, borough; see city .
3. [Urban life]
Syn. city life, living in town, big time*, bright lights*; see center 2 .
4. [The people in a city, especially the prominent people]
Syn. townspeople, inhabitants, high life, social life, society, high circles, social register, upper crust*, bigwigs*, the cream*; see also population .
• go to town*,
5. do well, prosper, flourish; see succeed 1 .
6. go in for, go on a spree, go to it.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
village, settlement, hamlet, community, township, whistlestop, municipality, city, burg. ''Where there is no place to go where you shouldn't be.''—Alexander Woollcott.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Informal A large and important town: city, metropolis, municipality. Informal: burg. See URBAN.

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