Metropolitan means belonging to or typical of a large busy city.
...the metropolitan district of Miami.
...a dozen major metropolitan hospitals.
...metropolitan sophistication and rustic naivety.
Synonyms: city, urban, civic, municipal More Synonyms of metropolitan
2. countable noun & title noun
A metropolitan is an important priest in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He has authority over other priests and is in charge of a particular area.
...the Ukrainian Catholic representatives, Metropolitan Volodymyr and Bishop Sofron.
metropolitan in British English
(ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlɪtən)
adjective
1.
of or characteristic of a metropolis
2.
constituting a city and its suburbs
the metropolitan area
3. Also: metropolitical
of, relating to, or designating an ecclesiastical metropolis
4.
of or belonging to the home territories of a country, as opposed to overseas territories
metropolitan France
noun
5.
a. Eastern Churches
the head of an ecclesiastical province, ranking between archbishop and patriarch
b. Church of England
an archbishop
c. Roman Catholic Church
an archbishop or bishop having authority in certain matters over the dioceses in his province
Derived forms
metropolitanism (ˌmetroˈpolitanism)
noun
metropolitan in American English
(ˌmɛtroʊˈpɑlɪtən; ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlɪtən)
adjective
1.
of or constituting a metropolis (sense 1) metropolis (sense 2)
2.
designating or of a metropolitan (sense 6)
3. US
designating or of a population area consisting of a central city and smaller surrounding communities
4.
designating or of a mother country as distinguished from a colony, territory, etc.
noun
5.
a person who lives in and knows a metropolis (sense 1) metropolis (sense 2) or one who has the characteristic attitudes and manners of such a person
6.
a.
an archbishop having authority over the bishops of a church province
b. Eastern ChristianChurch
a bishop ranking just below a patriarch
7.
in ancient Greece, a citizen of a metropolis (sense 3)