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Definition of town : 1. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
2. A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
3. Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
4. Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
5. Formerly: ( a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [ Obs.] ( b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [ Obs.] ( c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
6. The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
7. The court end of London;- commonly with the.
8. The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.

Synonyms:

municipal, community, urban, townsfolk, townspeople, civil

domain, riding, area, parcel, place, colony, sector, plot, dukedom, district, borough, zone, municipality, locality, country, bailiwick, earldom, duchy, division, beat, neighborhood, canton, circuit, nation, state, field, city, precinct, commonweal, territory, realm, region, tract, province, lot, county, empire, quarter, Shire, kingdom

metropolis, hamlet, suburb, township, village, burg

provincial, local, regional, territorial, divisional, national, commonwealth, colonial

Usage examples:

• Perhaps, he had gone into the town? - "The Castle Inn", Stanley John Weyman.
• " I leave it all to you, my dear madam; you are much more at home in this great town than I am. - "The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood", Arthur Griffiths.
• " I don't think he is far from town," said Sir Thomas. - "Ralph the Heir", Anthony Trollope.