Synonyms for ghetto
ˈgɛt oʊghet·to

Princeton's WordNet

1. ghettonoun

   formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live

   "the Warsaw ghetto"

2. ghettonoun

   any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping

   "the relative security of the gay ghetto"; "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool"

3. ghettonoun

   a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions

Matched Categories

1. • City District
   • Life
   • Quarter

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1. List of paraphrases for "ghetto":

   favela, hood, slum

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1. List of known nicknames for "Ghetto":

   Ghetts, Justin Clarke Samuel

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1. Abu Hurriya:

   I don't justify it because I don't think you can justify it, but at the end of the day I understand how they can get to that point. They're young and vulnerable. It's the same way that a kid in the ghetto joins a gang.

2. The Rev. Jesse Jackson:

   While a lot of focus is on policing, development is the answer, there are more jobs to be had in the ghetto than there are people.

3. Deshawn Yeldell:

   Life is like a blind date;— wait; can my “ghetto-brothers” relate? Keep your faith cause enemies talk be hard to translate, time can never be late so homie Keep your head up in ya motivated ways only one life to live; so Homie get paid. -MillYentei

4. South African artist William Kentridge:

   The Tiber is a river swollen with glory and pain. On one side the fortune of the popes, on the other the suffering of the Jewish Ghetto. Above ... a pulsating, splendid city; below, under the bridges, the desperation of the homeless.

5. Philippe Pujol:

   It's much more difficult to find a job when you're North African and you live in the ghetto, when you say your name and your address, you're already off to a bad start.