downtown
adj 1: of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the
business center; "downtown Manhattan"; "delinquents
roaming the downtown streets" [ant: uptown]
n 1: the central area or commercial center of a town or city;
"the heart of Birmingham's downtown" [syn: business
district}, downtown]
adv 1: toward or in the lower or central part of town [ant:
uptown]
downtown I. adjectiveDate: 1836 1. of, relating to, or located in the lower part
or business center of a city 2.hip, trendy <downtown
music> • downtownadverbII. nounDate: 1845
the lower part of a city; especially the main business district
• downtownernoun
downtown adj., n., & adv. US --adj. of or in the lower or more central part, or the business part, of a town or city. --n. a downtown area. --adv. in or into a downtown area.
downtown
Downtown places are in or towards the centre of a large town or city, where the shops
and places of business are. (mainly AM)
...an office in downtown Chicago.≠ uptown
ADJ: ADJ n
•
Downtown is also an adverb.
By day he worked downtown for American Standard...≠ uptown
ADV: ADV after v, be ADV
•
Downtown is also a noun.
...in a large vacant area of the downtown.N-UNCOUNT: oft the N
downtown
ˈdauntaun adj., n., & adv. US --adj. of or in the lower or
more central part, or the business part, of a town or city. --n. a downtown
area. --adv. in or into a downtown area.
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "downtown":
Bowery, Chinatown, East End, East Side, Little Hungary,
Little Italy, West End, West Side, barrio, black ghetto,
blighted area, burghal, business district, central city, citified,
city, city center, civic, core, ghetto, greenbelt, inner city,
interurban, metropolitan, midtown, municipal, oppidan, outskirts,
red-light district, residential district, run-down neighborhood,
shopping center, skid road, skid row, slum, slums, suburban,
suburbia, suburbs, tenderloin, tenement district, town, uptown,
urban, urban blight, village
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