Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb suburbanize

2 senses of suburbanize

Sense 1
suburbanize, suburbanise -- (take on suburban character; "the city suburbanized")
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")

Sense 2
suburbanize, suburbanise -- (make suburban in character; "highly suburbanized cities")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Antonyms of adj suburbanized

1 sense of suburbanized

Sense 1
suburbanized, suburbanised -- (surrounded by many suburbs; "a highly suburbanized city")

INDIRECT (VIA decentralized) -> centralized, centralised -- (drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority; "centralized control of emergency relief efforts"; "centralized government")

Similarity of adj suburbanized

1 sense of suburbanized

Sense 1
suburbanized, suburbanised -- (surrounded by many suburbs; "a highly suburbanized city")
       => decentralized (vs. centralized), decentralised -- (withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities; "a decentralized school administration")