Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ghetto

3 senses of ghetto

Sense 1
ghetto -- (formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto")
       => quarter -- (a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter")

Sense 2
ghetto -- (any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping; "the relative security of the gay ghetto"; "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool")
       => life -- (a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life")

Sense 3
ghetto -- (a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions)
       => city district -- (a district of a town or city)