inner city

Speech parts

1. inner city - Noun

2. inner city - Adjective

Meaning

the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

inner-city

Synonyms

center uptown centre area place district metropolis city middle core urban quarter locality ghetto slum
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Antonyms

bush grove heath forestry outback badlands
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Hypernyms

center centre middle heart eye

Examples

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do. Bill Gates

If all I ever wrote about was inner city freaks, I think it would be dishonest. Eric Bogosian

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people. James L. Farmer, Jr.

My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city of Chicago, and I was the youngest of a bunch of cousins. Polish families are real big, with cousins and aunts and uncles. Mike Krzyzewski

I taught for 17 years in an inner city comprehensive schools. Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley

My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain. Diane Abbott

Close letter words and terms

inner chemistry inner child inner circle inner class inner coating inner code