Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun metropolitan

2 senses of metropolitan

Sense 1
metropolitan -- (in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity)
       => archbishop -- (a bishop of highest rank)

Sense 2
metropolitan -- (a person who lives in a metropolis)
       => resident, occupant, occupier -- (someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there)

Similarity of adj metropolitan

1 sense of metropolitan

Sense 1
metropolitan -- (relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; "metropolitan area")