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Definitions

small-town

[smawl-toun] / ˈsmɔlˈtaʊn /
ADJECTIVE
local
Synonyms
WEAK
bounded civic confined district divisional geographical insular legendary limited narrow narrow-minded neighborhood parish parochial provincial regional sectarian sectional territorial town vernacular

Example Sentences

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Despite his obvious good looks and small-town charm, something suspicious gnawed at me.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Jared Keeso stars in this “Letterkenny” spinoff satirizing performative masculinity among a small-town Canadian hockey team.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

For now though, style and savings appear to have trumped concerns about sustainability, with many small-town Indians only just getting on to the fast-fashion bandwagon.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

As the blunt but sweet small-town police chief, Marge Gunderson, McDormand shows up only when the audience is up to their eyeballs in snowy subterfuge.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

My father, a lawyer with a small-town practice, was the only college-educated adult I was aware of among all the parents of my friends and classmates.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.