bedroom community

noun

A suburban, exurban, or urban community that is primarily or exclusively residential, as due to zoning, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood; often a suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily.

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bedtowncommuter townbedroom suburbbedroom towndormitory town
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Meanings

nounbedroom community (plural bedroom communities)

plural bedroom communities

  1. urban studiesA suburban, exurban, or urban community that is primarily or exclusively residential, as due to zoning, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood; often a suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily.

    Synonyms: bedtown, commuter town, bedroom suburb, bedroom town, dormitory town

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA suburban, exurban, or urban community that is primarily or exclusively residential, as due to zoning, from which most of the workforce commutes out to earn their livelihood; often a suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily.

Similar
bedtowncommuter townbedroom suburbbedroom towndormitory town
Also see
bedroom suburbbedroom towncommuter towndormitory town

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 睡城
  • 睡城residential urban community of a nearby metropolis
Czech satelitní obec, satelitní město
  • satelitní obecresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
  • satelitní městoresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
Dutch slaapstad
  • slaapstadresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
Finnish nukkumalähiö
  • nukkumalähiöresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
French cité-dortoir, ville-dortoir
  • cité-dortoirresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
  • ville-dortoirresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
  • village-dortoirresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
German Trabantenstadt, Trabantensiedlung
  • Trabantenstadtresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
  • Trabantensiedlungresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
  • Schlafstadtresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
Japanese ベッドタウン
  • ベッドタウン (beddo taun)residential urban community of a nearby metropolis
Korean 베드타운
  • 베드타운 (bedeutaun)residential urban community of a nearby metropolis
Norwegian Bokmål sovekommune, bokommune
  • sovekommuneresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
  • bokommuneresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
  • drabantkommuneresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
Polish miasto-sypialnia
  • miasto-sypialniaresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
Portuguese cidade-dormitório
  • cidade-dormitórioresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
Russian спа́льный райо́н
  • спа́льный райо́н (spálʹnyj rajón)residential urban community of a nearby metropolis
Spanish ciudad dormitorio
  • ciudad dormitorioresidential urban community of a nearby metropolis
Cite this entry
APA

bedroom community. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedroom%20community

MLA

“bedroom community.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedroom%20community. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedroom community,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedroom%20community.

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