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