downtown
Syllables: down·town/ˈdæʊ̯nˌtæʊ̯n/UK/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/
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downtown adjective: of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.
Adjective
downtown (not generally comparable, comparative further downtown or farther downtown or more downtown, superlative furthest downtown or farthest downtown or most downtown)
- Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.
- John walked every day to his downtown job.
- “Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi.2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2018
Adverb
downtown (not generally comparable, comparative further downtown or farther downtown or more downtown, superlative furthest downtown or farthest downtown or most downtown)
- In or towards the central business district.
- You need to go downtown four blocks.
- A storekeeper downtown was shot dead last evening.
- Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
- That shot came from way downtown!
Noun
downtown (plural downtowns)
- The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
- Synonyms:
- city center, town centre, central business district, city
- The human genitalia.
- Synonyms:
- axe wound, badly packed kebab, bearded clam, beaver, beef curtains, burger, chocha, clam, cooch, coochie
- Heroin.
- Synonyms:
- Big H, boy, brown sugar, brown, bujj, diacetylmorphine, diamorphine, dog food, dope, dugee
downtown meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
downtown in Hindi
- डाउनटाउन
downtown in Tamil
- நகரின் முக்கிய வணிகப்பகுதி, நகர்நடு, நகர்மையம்
downtown in Marathi
- डाउनटाउन
downtown in Urdu
- اندرون شہر
More languagesFewer languages
- downtown in Bengali
- শহরের কেন্দ্রস্থল
- downtown in Telugu
- డౌన్ టౌన్
- downtown in Malayalam
- ഡൌൺടൌൺ
- downtown in Kannada
- ಡೌನ್ಟೌನ್
- downtown in Punjabi
- ਡਾਊਨਟਾਊਨ
- downtown in Gujarati
- ડાઉનટાઉન
- downtown in Nepali
- डाउनटाउन
- downtown in Tagalog
- bayanan, gitnambayan, gitnambalen, kabayanan
- downtown in Arabic
- وَسَطُ البَلَد wasaṭu l-balad
- downtown in Malay
- pusat bandar
- downtown in Indonesian
- pusat kota
- downtown in Vietnamese
- dưới phố, khu trung tâm thành phố, khu vực trung tâm thành phố, nội thành
Examples of downtown in a sentence
- The famed Farmers & Crafts Market on Main Street in downtown Las Cruces is a lively gathering of regional farmers, bakers, makers, jewelers, artists, food trucks and street musicians.2025 June 26, Judith Fein, “A sunny spot where desert, mountains and cultures mix”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2025:
- When you're alone and life is making you lonely / You can always go downtown1964, Tony Hatch, “Downtown”, performed by Petula Clark:
Synonyms of downtown
- city center
- town centre
- central business district
- city
- axe wound
- badly packed kebab
- bearded clam
- beaver
- beef curtains
- burger
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Forms of downtown
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | further downtown |
| comparative | farther downtown |
| comparative | more downtown |
| superlative | furthest downtown |
| superlative | farthest downtown |
| superlative | most downtown |
| alternative form | dahntahn |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | further downtown |
| comparative | farther downtown |
| comparative | more downtown |
| superlative | furthest downtown |
| superlative | farthest downtown |
| superlative | most downtown |
| Noun | |
| plural | downtowns |
Origin of downtown
From down + town.
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Questions about downtown
- What does downtown mean?
- Downtown means of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.
- What is downtown in Hindi?
- Downtown in Hindi is डाउनटाउन. See Downtown meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use downtown in a sentence?
- The famed Farmers & Crafts Market on Main Street in downtown Las Cruces is a lively gathering of regional farmers, bakers, makers, jewelers, artists, food trucks and street musicians.
- What part of speech is downtown?
- Downtown can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce downtown?
- Downtown is pronounced /ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/ (UK).
Words near downtown in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: downtown (page history and authors); downtown (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); downtown (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); downtown (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); downtown (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); downtown (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); downtown (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); downtown (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); downtown (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); downtown (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); downtown (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); downtown (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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