1. take on suburban character; - Example: "the city suburbanized" [syn: suburbanize, suburbanise]
2. make suburban in character; - Example: "highly suburbanized cities" [syn: suburbanize, suburbanise]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
suburbanize
v 1: take on suburban character; "the city suburbanized" [syn:
suburbanize, suburbanise]
2: make suburban in character; "highly suburbanized cities"
[syn: suburbanize, suburbanise]