Detroit

[dih-troit] / dɪˈtrɔɪt /

NOUN

u.s. city

Synonyms

STRONG

Motown

WEAK

Arsenal of Democracy Automobile City Big D City of Straits Fordtown Motor Capital of the World Motor City Rock City Sport City USA

Example Sentences

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Benches clear in the 4th inning of the Red Sox-Tigers game in Detroit.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

In his first year with Detroit, Valdez is 2-2 with a 4.57 ERA in eight starts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

"I mean, Detroit grit, it's what we've been talking about all year."

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Similarly, the car-industry boom created more than just a flurry of assembly-line jobs in Detroit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

In Detroit, eight hundred suspects had been held in an unventilated corridor of a US Post Office building, where they had no beds or blankets and only one toilet for the entire group.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler