Slum

What do we mean by slum?

A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor. noun

To visit impoverished areas or squalid locales, especially out of curiosity or for amusement. intransitive verb

(slum it) To endure conditions or accommodations that are worse than what one is accustomed to. idiom

In metallurgy, same as slime, 3: chiefly in the plural. noun

To keep to back streets.

To visit the slums of a city, often from mere curiosity or as a diversion.

A dirty back street of a city, especially such a street inhabited by a squalid and criminal population; a low and dangerous neighborhood: chiefly in the plural: as, the slums of Whitechapel and Westminster in London. noun

A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural. noun

Same as Slimes. noun

To visit or frequent slums, esp. out of curiosity, or for purposes of study, etc. Also called go slumming. intransitive verb

A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty. noun

To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own. verb

To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own. verb

Spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive verb

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

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word slum. Define slum, slum synonyms, slum pronunciation, slum translation, English dictionary definition of slum.

Words that are spelled similarly to slum:
slum.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word slum:
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Words that rhyme with slum:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe slum:
urban, italian, rural, worst, industrial, notorious, largest, vast, black, city, american, crowded, back, squalid, classic, typical, modern, overcrowded, huge, suburban, filthy, class, big, non, former, poor, irish, dirty, brazilian, biggest, wretched, indian, miserable, nearby, ethnic, federal, semi, perpetual, ridden, victorian, terrible, near, congested, inner, sordid, immigrant, fetid, instant, dark, infested, tropical, residential, peruvian, rican, intellectual, metropolitan, foul, enormous, stinking, northern, veritable, horrible, dangerous, giant, unslumming, awful, african, south, century, dismal, infamous, down, dilapidated, lowest.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective slum:
clearance, dwellers, areas, property, children, life, neighborhood, housing, conditions, community, schools, dwellings, landlords, residents, neighborhoods, quarter, districts, area, family, proletariat, improvement, pockets, land, projects, families, dweller, communities, ghetto, apartment, schemes, houses, removal, child, formation, women, kids, settlements, upgrading, living, programs, settlement, tenements, parents, colony, dwelling, population, elimination, buildings, properties, hotel, lords, tenants, youth, clearances, demolition, programmes, mission, households, landlordism, sections, district, eradication, boys, mother, landlord, creation, owners, estate, youths, populations, sisters, project, existence, campaign, streets, alley, residence, teachers, homes, inhabitants, localities, household, quarters, kitchen, locality, naturalism.

Consonant match to slum:
slam, slim, slime, sloam, sloom.

Words that sound like slum:
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