slum

/slʌm/

Definitions

1. noun

A poor and overcrowded urban area, typically with poor housing and infrastructure.

“The city’s planners were working to revitalize the old neighborhood, which had long been a notorious slum.”

2. verb

To live or reside in a slum.

“Many people slummed it in the city’s poorer districts, rather than paying high rents in the affluent areas.”

Synonyms

  • ghetto
  • shantytown
  • tenement

Antonyms

  • estate
  • suburb