citified
Accustomed to metropolises
Citified describes someone or something that has taken on the characteristics of city life—often with a hint of criticism.
A person who's become citified has acquired urban manners, tastes, or attitudes, perhaps at the expense of rural simplicity: He came back from college all citified.
The word can also describe places that have lost their small-town feel: The downtown has gotten too citified for my taste.
View of urban architecture
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- downtownCentral business district
- subwayUnderground transit passage
- trafficMovement along routes
highrise · boulevard · taxi · neon · gridlock · streetlights · crosswalk · pavement
Refined and courteous
- refinedPurified or cultured
- culturedEducated in arts, manners
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
cosmopolitan · suave · debonair · chic · stylish · tasteful · elegant · savvy
Of the present age
- trendyCurrently in vogue
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
- high-techUsing newest innovations
progressive · digital · smart · connected · fast-paced · convenience · amenities · commercial
Population shift toward cities
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- rezoningChanging land-use designation
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- renovationRestoring to good condition
redevelopment · sprawl · suburbs · migration · housing · overdeveloped · built-up · transformation
cityscape
View of urban architecture
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- downtownCentral business district
- subwayUnderground transit passage
traffic · highrise · boulevard · taxi · neon · gridlock · streetlights · crosswalk · pavement · alleyway
urbane
Refined and courteous
worldly · cosmopolitan · suave · debonair · chic · stylish · tasteful · elegant · savvy · discerning
contemporary
Of the present age
- trendyCurrently in vogue
- up-to-dateReflecting present knowledge
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
high-tech · progressive · digital · smart · connected · fast-paced · convenience · amenities · commercial · developed
urbanization
Population shift toward cities
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- rezoningChanging land-use designation
- displacementRemoval from usual location
renovation · redevelopment · sprawl · suburbs · migration · housing · overdeveloped · built-up · transformation · newcomers
citifiedrural
Of the countryside
countrified · rustic · bucolic · pastoral · agrarian
citifiedunsophisticated
Lacking refinement or complexity
folksy · homespun · unpolished · plain · simple
city, citizen, civic, cities, civilization, civility, citizenship, civilize, cityfied