SLUM: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SLUM?

Need another word that means the same as “slum”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “slum” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Slum” are: slum area, hovel, shack, shanty, hut, shed, cabin

Slum as a Noun

Definitions of "Slum" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “slum” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people.
• A house or building unfit for human habitation.
• A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.

Synonyms of "Slum" as a noun (7 Words)

cabin	A small wooden shelter or house in a wild or remote area. The cabin lay three miles into the reserve.
hovel	An open shed or outhouse, used for sheltering cattle or storing grain or tools. People were living in rat infested hovels.
hut	Temporary military shelter. A beach hut.
shack	A roughly built hut or cabin.
shanty	A rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors.
shed	A building for shearing sheep or milking cattle. A shed is required for the three engines.
slum area	A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.

Usage Examples of "Slum" as a noun

• Inner-city slums.
• Slum areas.
• He moved from a two-room slum into a local authority house.
• The area was fast becoming a slum for the destitute.
• Slum dwellers.

Associations of "Slum" (30 Words)

bumpkin	A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture. She thought Tom a bit of a country bumpkin.
city	A town created a city by charter and usually containing a cathedral. The city raised the tax rate.
commune	A territorial division similar to a French commune in other countries. She went to California and joined a commune.
community	A group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common. The scientific community.
countryside	The inhabitants of countryside areas. Countryside conservation groups.
depopulate	Reduce in population. The epidemic depopulated the countryside.
deport	Conduct oneself in a specified manner. He was deported to Turkey for his public condemnation of the Shah.
emigrant	Someone who leaves one country to settle in another. She was a Polish emigrant who came to Scotland during the Second World War.
ghetto	Any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping. No escape from the ghetto of the typing pool.
hamlet	A community of people smaller than a village.
hovel	A small squalid or simply constructed dwelling. People were living in rat infested hovels.
local	A local branch of an organization especially a trade union. A local infection.
localization	The process of making something local in character or restricting it to a particular place. Differences in localization of growth control molecules in carcinoma.
lodge	Be a lodger stay temporarily. She was lodged in the same hall.
municipal	Of or relating to the government of a municipality J L kuntz. Municipal offices.
municipality	The governing body of a municipality. Voters in each municipality choose between four candidates.
outskirts	The outer parts of a town or city. He built a new factory on the outskirts of Birmingham.
parish	A local church community. A parish church.
pastoral	Relating to or denoting a teacher’s responsibility for the general well-being of pupils or students. Scattered pastoral farms.
populous	Having a large population; densely populated. The populous city of Shanghai.
prefecture	(in certain countries) a district under the authority of a prefect or governor. Enraged fans besieged the Prefecture of Police.
provincial	A country person. A town populated by money grubbers philistines and self satisfied provincials.
rural	Living in or characteristic of farming or country life. Remote rural areas.
rustic	Made of untrimmed branches or rough timber. Rustic stone walls.
suburban	Of or characteristic of a suburb. Elizabeth despised Ann s house proudness as deeply suburban.
town	The permanent residents of a university town. Churchill was in town.
urban	Denoting or relating to popular dance music associated with black performers. Urban property owners.
village	A self contained district or community within a town or city regarded as having features characteristic of village life. Pretty fishing villages.
villager	A person who lives in a village. Jose married a fellow villager.
yokel	A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.