townies
Non-student residents nearby
Townies are local residents of a college town who aren't affiliated with the university—the permanent population as distinct from students and faculty.
The term often carries mild condescension from students toward locals, or marks a social divide: There was always tension between townies and frat boys.
In British English, townies are city dwellers as opposed to country people.
Area's permanent inhabitants
- neighborsThose dwelling nearby
- nativesOriginal local population
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
- townsfolkResidents of a village
denizens · inhabitants · dwellers · folk · community · settlers · homesteaders · old-timers
Knowledge through experience
- kinshipState of being related
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
- solidarityUnity among allies
- bondingForming close connections
fellowship · rapport · connection · recognition · cliques · gatherings · regulars · acquaintances
Long formal garment
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- outsidersThose not belonging
- newcomersThose recently arrived
- transientsTemporary occupants or travelers
academics · university · college · campus · locals · tension · divide · resentment
locals
Area's permanent inhabitants
- neighborsThose dwelling nearby
- nativesOriginal local population
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
townsfolk · denizens · inhabitants · dwellers · folk · community · settlers · homesteaders · old-timers · regulars
familiarity
Knowledge through experience
- kinshipState of being related
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
- solidarityUnity among allies
bonding · fellowship · rapport · connection · recognition · cliques · gatherings · regulars · acquaintances · faces
gown
Long formal garment
transients · academics · university · college · campus · locals · tension · divide · resentment · class
- BostonBeacon Hill, Boston Common, Boston Harbor, Charlestown, Chinatown
- localsresidents, natives, villagers, townsfolk, inhabitants
- New England slangwicked, bubbler, frappe, jimmies, rotary
- The SimsSim, woohoo, motherlode, rosebud, aspiration
- MassachusettsBoston, Cambridge, Cape Cod, Plymouth, Salem
- British universitiesOxford, Cambridge, university, college, undergraduate
towniesstudents
Those receiving instruction
college students · university students · undergrads · undergraduates · grad students
towniesvillagers
Inhabitants of small settlements
country bumpkins · hicks · hayseeds · rustics · yokels
towniesworld travelers
Those visiting many countries
cosmopolitans · jet-setters · globe-trotters · nomads · wanderers