Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun public_square
2 senses of public square
Sense 1
public square, square -- (an open area at the meeting of two or more streets)
=> tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel -- (an extended area of land)
Sense 2
agora, public square -- (a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece)
=> marketplace, market place, mart, market -- (an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up)