town-dwellers
Non-rural population members
Town-dwellers are people who live in towns rather than rural areas or large cities.
The term emphasizes residence as a defining characteristic, often contrasting urban and country life: Town-dwellers rarely understand the rhythms of farming.
The hyphenated compound sounds slightly formal; people who live in town is more natural in casual speech.
Permanent occupants of place
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- citizensMembers of a nation
- populaceInhabitants of a place
- denizensInhabitants of a place
villagers · neighbors · householders · renters · homeowners · occupants · settlers · natives
Of a major city
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- trafficMovement along routes
- subwayUnderground transit passage
commute · apartments · highrise · infrastructure · pedestrians · sidewalks · streetlife · pollution
Residential area nearby
- quarterOne of four parts
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- districtBounded administrative area
- wardProtected person; division
block · vicinity · locale · surroundings · parish · borough · enclave · suburb
Formal politeness in conduct
- cultureCollective social practices
- folkwaysCustomary community behaviors
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
norms · manners · socializing · gatherings · festivals · markets · gossip · routines
inhabitants
Permanent occupants of place
denizens · villagers · neighbors · householders · renters · homeowners · occupants · settlers · natives · burghers
metropolitan
Of a major city
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- trafficMovement along routes
subway · commute · apartments · highrise · infrastructure · pedestrians · sidewalks · streetlife · pollution · gentrification
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
ward · block · vicinity · locale · surroundings · parish · borough · enclave · suburb · hamlet
civility
Formal politeness in conduct
- cultureCollective social practices
- folkwaysCustomary community behaviors
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
traditions · norms · manners · socializing · gatherings · festivals · markets · gossip · routines · leisure
town-dwellersvillagers
Inhabitants of small settlements
countrymen · rustics · farmers · rural folk · peasants
town-dwellershermits
People choosing isolation
recluses · loners · solitaries · isolates · mountain men
town, dweller, towns, townsman, townsmen, townsfolk, township, townships, townspeople