exurb.

A residential settlement or district beyond a city's suburbs, often tied to the city by commuting.

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Words that belong together

• affluent exurb
• distant exurb
• growing exurb

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The exurb emptied each morning as cars headed toward the city.

A new station made the distant exurb attractive to office workers.

She bought space in an exurb and paid for it with a three-hour commute.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. More distant than a suburb; frequently associated with comparatively affluent residents. Not simply any rural village. Plural: exurbs. No other inflection applies to this noun.