Metro

Capital city transit

Metro as a proper noun names specific transit systems in cities worldwide—the Paris Métro, Washington Metro, or LA Metro.

It also appears as a brand name and in place names: Metro Manila, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Lowercase metro is a general term for subway systems or means metropolitan.)

transit-system

station

Fixed stopping point

line · map · underground · carriage · passenger · turnstile · farecard · announcement · track · signal

proper-name

Manila

Philippine seat of government

  • MGMHollywood entertainment conglomerate
  • brandCompany's product line name
  • corporationLegally separate business entity
Categories
Opposites
transit type

Metroprivate car

Individually owned vehicle

bus · automobile · walking · streetcar · tram

geographic scope

Metrointercity rail

Train service linking cities

regional rail · Amtrak · Greyhound · country roads · high-speed rail

urban character

Metrorural

Of the countryside

countryside · provincial · rustic · bucolic · pastoral

Phrases
Family

metrosexual, metropolis, metropolitan, metronome, metros, metroplex

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G