Thesaurus:slum
English
editNoun
editSense: a dilapidated high-density low-income urban housing development
editSynonyms
edit- barrio (Venezuela, Dominican Republic)
- bad part of town
- estate (UK)
- favela (Brazil)
- ghetto
- Hell's Kitchen
- jects (US)
- projects (US)
- scheme (UK)
- shantytown
- sink estate (UK)
- slum
Hyponyms
edit- Hooverville (US)
- rookery (UK)
Hypernyms
edit- section of a town [⇒ thesaurus]
Meronyms
editHolonyms
editVarious
editFurther reading
edit- “slum” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “slum” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.