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Synonyms for slum
slʌmslum
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Princeton's WordNet
slum, slum areaverb
a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
Synonyms:
slum areaslumverb
spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive
"attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century"
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
slumnoun
Synonyms:
close (in a city), alley, lane, dark retreat, low neighborhood
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "slum":
slums, shantytown, favela, kibera, indiscriminate, random, ghetto, squatter
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#1866 | random | |
#12461 | ghetto | |
#34900 | slum | |
#41214 | slums | |
#47599 | indiscriminate | |
#77532 | squatter | |
#122475 | favela | |
#172710 | shantytown | |
#210437 | kibera |
How to use slum in a sentence?
We just don't know how many people exactly were buried since we don't have any data on people living there, it was just a slum with these ... workers living in makeshift tents.
To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.
Girls and women suffer the most in a slum, as they often have no resources and are not aware of their rights, i wanted to teach the girls how to use technology to get ahead.
When Pope Francis weaved through the slum's narrow streets in Pope Francis popemobile, adoring crowds reached out to touch Pope Francis hand as Pope Francis waved from behind a clear protective covering. Women ululated as children crooned Swahili welcome songs. ' I'm so happy, we are so blessed, he's left all those rich neighborhoods to come here.
In England, when they file an application for asylum, they have shelter, they exist, they are recognised, in France, they submit an application and they go back to a slum.
Translations for slum
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- منطقة عشوائيةArabic
- трушчобаBelarusian
- slum, slumkvarterDanish
- SlumGerman
- φτωχογειτονιάGreek
- kvartalaĉoEsperanto
- barrio bajoSpanish
- slummiFinnish
- bidonvilleFrench
- गंदी बस्ती, बस्तीHindi
- nyomornegyedHungarian
- kawasan kumuhIndonesian
- bassofondo, quartiere degradato, bassifondiItalian
- スラム, 貧民窟, 貧民街Japanese
- 빈민굴Korean
- setingganMalay
- krottenwijk, sloppenwijkDutch
- slumNorwegian
- slumsPolish
- favela, bairro de lata, mussequePortuguese
- трущобаRussian
- slumSwedish
- kitongoji duniSwahili
- சேரிTamil
- మురికివాడTelugu
- ชุมชนแออัด, สลัมThai
- gecekonduTurkish
- трущобаUkrainian
- بستیUrdu
- khu ổ chuộtVietnamese
- slöm, luslöm, pöfanaharat, luharatVolapük
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