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

2 senses of the city

Sense 1
City of London, the City -- (the part of London situated within the ancient boundaries; the commercial and financial center of London)
       INSTANCE OF=> center, centre, middle, heart, eye -- (an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm")

Sense 2
the City -- (used to allude to the securities industry of Great Britain)
       => market, securities industry -- (the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor")