relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area; local taxes; local authorities'

of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood; local customs; local schools; the local citizens; a local point of view; local outbreaks of flu; a local bus line'

affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; local anesthesia'

public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops; the local seemed to take forever to get to New York'

anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body

[ Syn: local anesthetic , local anaesthetic , topical anesthetic , topical anaesthetic ]