Associations to the word «Suburbanize»

Wiktionary

SUBURBANIZE, verb. (transitive) To make suburban; to convert or adapt to a suburb.

Dictionary definition

SUBURBANIZE, verb. Take on suburban character; "the city suburbanized".
SUBURBANIZE, verb. Make suburban in character; "highly suburbanized cities".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats