Synonyms for downtown
ˈdaʊnˈtaʊndown·town

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1. downtownnoun

   Synonyms:
   city, CBD, Central Business District

2. downtownnoun

   of, relating to, or situated in the downtown area

   John walked everyday to his downtown job.

   Synonyms:
   Central Business District, CBD, city

3. downtownnoun

   Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.

   That shot came from way downtown!

   Synonyms:
   CBD, Central Business District, city

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1. business district, downtownadjective

   the central area or commercial center of a town or city

   "the heart of Birmingham's downtown"

   Synonyms:
   business district

   Antonyms:
   uptown

2. downtownadverb

   of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center

   "downtown Manhattan"; "delinquents roaming the downtown streets"

   Antonyms:
   uptown

3. downtownadverb

   toward or in the lower or central part of town

   Antonyms:
   uptown

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "downtown":

   centre-ville, inner-city, amid, midtown, central, city, town

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1. Sonya Romero:

   A lot of the assistance that I get is from people who want to make a difference. So now our school has quite a bit of supplies. Whatever we don't use, we share with the other downtown schools, which has been amazing.

2. Marleine Bastien:

   They were calling from China, from Venezuela. Coming here with cases of money ! We used to think that the allure of Little Haiti was the fact that it's close to downtown, close to both airports and close to the beach. Unbeknownst to us, it's because we are positioned at a higher altitude.

3. Devin Howard:

   It would be definitely beneficial, i know for myself personal friends haven't left at least four blocks going east, west, north and south. Some never seen downtown. And when I see some of their reactions, when I expose them to some of the things that I've done already – and it's not like nothing major to me – but when I see their expression, it gives me a happy feeling inside.

4. Michael LaFitte:

   I immediately knew that this isn't the school that we sent our children to, this isn't the community that we're raising our babies in, i reached out to these guys and some other parents. We decided to have a meeting in downtown Shreveport ... (to) put together a master plan. That plan did not include coming up to the school. That was the furthest thing on our mind.

5. Lama Fakih:

   Lebanese security officials responded to overwhelmingly peaceful protesters in downtown Beirut by shooting into the air with live rounds, firing rubber bullets, tear gas canisters, and water cannons, and in some cases hurling stones and beating protesters with batons and rifles.