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Synonyms of ghetto

12 similar words

Another word for ghetto is favela. Other synonyms of ghetto are barrio, bad part of town, estate, Hell's Kitchen and jects.

Synonyms and similar words for ghetto

nounAn (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific...

  • barrio
  • bad part of townA dilapidated area of a city where many people live in a state of poverty and in which crime is more common than in...
  • estate UK
  • favelaA slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil.
  • Hell's Kitchen
  • jects USA multi-story low-income housing development; projects.
  • projects USOne or more high-density urban housing developments for residents having low incomes.
  • scheme UK
  • shantytown
  • sink estate UKA council estate characterised by high levels of economic and social deprivation, often associated with high crime...
  • slum

nounAn isolated, self-contained, segregated subsection, area or field of interest; often of minority or...

  • ivory towerA sheltered, overly-academic existence or perspective, implying a disconnection or lack of awareness of reality or...

Meaning of ghetto

  1. noun An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.).
  2. noun An (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity, or race.
  3. noun An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.

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Questions about synonyms of ghetto

What is another word for ghetto?
Ghetto has 12 synonyms on Word.ws, such as favela, barrio, bad part of town, estate, Hell's Kitchen, jects, projects and scheme.
What does ghetto mean?
Ghetto means an (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.).

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