Synonyms for slum
slʌmslum

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1. slum, slum areaverb

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

   Synonyms:
   slum area

2. slumverb

   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 SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. slumnoun

   Synonyms:
   close (in a city), alley, lane, dark retreat, low neighborhood

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1. List of paraphrases for "slum":

   slums, shantytown, favela, kibera, indiscriminate, random, ghetto, squatter

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1. Tin Swe Myint:

   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.

2. Charlemagne Hernandez:

   I come from a slum in Manila originally, so it's true, it's not the same kind of poverty, but if you're hungry, you're hungry. That's a benchmark you can not deny.

3. Christian Salomé:

   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.

4. Jose Carmo:

   The world needs to know – I am here watching this spectacle from a slum right next to where they are opening the Olympics, and my life has not improved at all, it is frustrating to be so close to this spectacle and yet so far away, living in a place were we have no security, not even sewage.

5. Spiro Agnew:

   To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.