urbanized
/ˈɜrbənaɪzd/
adjective
- Having a large number of people living in cities and towns, with developed infrastructure and industry.
- The urbanized area of the country now contains over 80% of the population.
- Many rural regions have become more urbanized as new factories and housing are built.
- The urbanized coastline is dotted with skyscrapers and busy ports.
- Changed from a natural or rural state to a city-like environment.
- Wild animals struggle to survive in highly urbanized neighborhoods.
- The park is a small green space in an otherwise urbanized district.
- The urbanized landscape replaced the old farmland with roads and shopping centers.
Antonyms
verb
- To make an area more like a city by building houses, roads, and businesses.
- The government plans to urbanize the region by constructing a new transportation network.
- As the population grows, we must urbanize carefully to protect the environment.
- Developers urbanized the empty fields, turning them into a busy suburb.