Synonyms for Metropolitan
ˌmɛ trəˈpɒl ɪ tnmet·ro·pol·i·tan

Princeton's WordNet

1. metropolitannoun

   in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity

2. metropolitanadjective

   a person who lives in a metropolis

3. metropolitanadjective

   relating to or characteristic of a metropolis

   "metropolitan area"

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1. metropolitannoun

   Synonyms:
   archbishop, primate

2. metropolitanadjective

   Synonyms:
   of the metropolis

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1. List of paraphrases for "metropolitan":

   métropolitain, metropolitana, metro, metropolis, greater, urban, capital, agglomeration, cosmopolitan

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1. British Airways:

   We are working with the Metropolitan Police and the authorities in Johannesburg to establish the facts surrounding this very rare case.

2. Rob Ford:

   The problem Labour currently faces is that too many of its voters are concentrated in big, metropolitan areas, at the 2019 election, which saw Labour lose a lot of seats, they actually had a higher vote share than in 2010 and 2015, even though they won more seats in both of those elections.

3. Texas DPS spokesman Christopher Olivarez:

   That is why we are experiencing an increase in human smuggling events along the border, many individuals from larger metropolitan areas such as Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and even out of state are being recruited as drivers through social media platforms to smuggle illegal immigrants.

4. Mayor Eduardo Paes:

   The Olympics are also in a time that has very little rain, then this amount of debris that comes from five municipalities in the metropolitan region, with poor sanitation, is also controllable...I do not see as a problem for the Olympics.

5. Masa Takaya:

   We will keep working closely together with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the national government and relevant stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of the Games.