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Synonyms of slum

11 similar words

Another word for slum is ghetto. Other synonyms of slum are favela and barrio.

Synonyms and similar words for slum

nounMore synonyms

  • barrioA slum on the periphery of a major city, or a low to middle-class neighborhood in a lesser city, in Venezuela or the...
  • 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.
  • ghettoAn (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity, or race.
  • 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...

Meaning of slum

  1. noun A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
  2. noun Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.
  3. verb To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.

Full definition of slum

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Questions about synonyms of slum

What is another word for slum?
Slum has 11 synonyms on Word.ws, such as ghetto, favela and barrio.
What does slum mean?
Slum means a dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slum (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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