SLUM AREA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions

Synonyms:

slum; slum area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("slum area" is a kind of...):

city district (a district of a town or city)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slum area"):

shantytown (a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties)

skid row (a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts)