citydweller

Lives in metropolis

A citydweller is someone who lives in a city, as opposed to rural or suburban areas.

The term emphasizes urban residence as a defining characteristic: As a lifelong citydweller, she found the silence of the countryside unsettling.

Also spelled as two words: city dweller.

resident

tenant

One who rents property

renter · occupant · homeowner · denizen · leaseholder · co-op · condo · landlord · rent · lease

urban

apartment

Rented unit in building

sidewalk · pedestrian · metro · bodega · tenement · neighborhood · congestion · traffic · crowds · bustling

cosmopolitan

multicultural

Including multiple ethnic traditions

worldly · cultured · international · polyglot · open-minded · eclectic · tolerant · expatriate · multilingual · cosmopolite

metropolitan

skyscraper

Very tall urban building

avenue · taxi · megacity · nightlife · infrastructure · district · plaza · borough · gentrification · urbanization

Opposites
residential setting

citydwellervillager

Rural community inhabitant

rustic · countryman · countrywoman · backwoodsman · bushman

livelihood and lifestyle

citydwellerfarmer

One who cultivates land

peasant · rancher · agriculturalist · homesteader · pastoralist

Family

city, dweller, cities, dwell, dwells, dwelt, dwelling, dwellings, citizen

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