| metropolis definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | a large city; the chief city of an area | 117 sets |
| 2 | a large city | 90 sets |
| 3 | large city | 70 sets |
| 4 | (n) a large city; the chief city of an area | 16 sets |
| 5 | large urban center | 14 sets |
| 6 | (n.) a large city; the chief city of an area | 11 sets |
| 7 | a large city, the chief city of an area | 10 sets |
| 8 | n. a chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state. | 8 sets |
| 9 | a major city | 8 sets |
| 10 | a chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state. | 7 sets |
| 11 | people living in a large densely populated municipality | 6 sets |
| 12 | hamlet, village | 5 sets |
| 13 | mother city or main city with smaller suburbs around it. | 5 sets |
| 14 | an important city, especially one regarded as the center of a particular activity | 5 sets |
| 15 | a large, important city | 5 sets |
| 16 | a chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state | 5 sets |
| 17 | a large city; the cheif city of an area | 4 sets |
| 18 | city | 4 sets |
| 19 | any large, busy city | 4 sets |
| 20 | n. a large city; the chief city of an area | 4 sets |
| 21 | (n) a large city; the cheif city of an area | 3 sets |
| 22 | an important city, especially one regarded as the center of a particular activity. | 3 sets |
| 23 | a big city | 3 sets |
| 24 | a large city, chief city of an area | 3 sets |
| 25 | wereldstad | 3 sets |
| 26 | a large busy city | 3 sets |
| 27 | n. a large city | 3 sets |
| 28 | (n.) a large city | 3 sets |
| 29 | mother city or main city with smaller suburbs around it | 3 sets |
| 30 | parent city | 3 sets |
| 31 | big city | 3 sets |
| 32 | usually contains several urbanized areas and suburbs that act together as a coherent economic whole. | 3 sets |
| 33 | (n) a large city; the chief of an area | 2 sets |
| 34 | suurlinn | 2 sets |
| 35 | noun a large city ; the chief city of an area | 2 sets |
| 36 | large city and the surrounding areas | 2 sets |
| 37 | a large city, large urban center | 2 sets |
| 38 | n a large city; the chief city of an area | 2 sets |
| 39 | a large city that dominates an urban area socially and economically | 2 sets |
| 40 | n. an important city, especially one regarded as the center of a particular activity. | 2 sets |