Smallville

Tiny rural community

Smallville is a fictional Kansas town where Superman grew up, from the DC Comics universe.

The name has become shorthand for any small, quiet, unremarkable American town—the kind of place people leave for bigger opportunities: I couldn't wait to get out of Smallville and move to the city.

The TV series *Smallville* (2001–2011) followed Clark Kent's teenage years.

fictional

Superman

Metropolis's flying defender

Clark Kent · Lex Luthor · Daily Planet · Martha Kent · Krypton · Fortress of Solitude · Bizarro · Talon · Green Arrow · Watchtower

rural

farming

Cultivating land for food

homestead · harvest · cornfield · barnyard · tractor · meadow · orchard · cropland · grazing · windmill

community

neighbors

Those dwelling nearby

municipality · council · town hall · residents · civic · sheriff · annual fair · high school · homecoming · volunteer

quaint

cozy

Warm and snug

sleepy · quiet · peaceful · folksy · wholesome · neighborly · Main Street · town square · diner · church steeple

Categories
Opposites
settlement size and urbanization

Smallvillemetropolis

Large important city

big city · megalopolis · major city · urban center · megacity

cultural connotation of place

SmallvilleNew York City

America's largest city

Manhattan · Los Angeles · Hollywood · Paris · London

narrative function (Superman context)

SmallvilleMetropolis

Hero's fictional American city

Gotham City · Fortress of Solitude

Family

small, village, smaller, smallest, villages, smallness, smallish, villager, small-time

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G