1
polis(place, capital, metropolis, municipality)
1
popular(adjective, place, city, town, city-like)
1
port(place, capital, metropolis, municipality)
1
red-light district
1
residential district
1
run-down neighborhood
1
shopping center
1
skid road
1
skid row
1
slum
1
slums
1
suburbia
1
suburbs
1
tenement district
1
town center(noun, expression, idiom, center)
1
townsman(place, city, town, city-like)
1
urban blight
1
urban place(expression, place, capital, metropolis, municipality)
1
urbs(place, capital, metropolis, municipality)
0
tenderloin
11 years ago|4.1k views|share |citing 
APASmart Define. (2015). downtown thesaurus. Retrieved September 25, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/downtown/thesaurus/synonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2015. "downtown thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/downtown/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 25, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2015, downtown thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 25 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/downtown/thesaurus/synonyms>.
MLASmart Define. "downtown thesaurus" 14 April 2015. Web. 25 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/downtown/thesaurus/synonyms>