skid row

Speech parts

1. skid row - Noun

2. skid row - Phrase

3. Skid row - Proper noun

Meaning

a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bowery direction tenderloin hovel core abandoned quarter bearing adverse bankrupt awkward afflicted ghetto slum abject
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Antonyms

loaded comfortable prosperous affluent flush opulent
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Hypernyms

slum slum area

Related terms

hit the skids on the skids

Examples

Demetrius Brown, a Skid Row resident who has campaigned for Garcetti, was walking by when he heard Sorokin speak. Source: Internet

Before it had the look of skid row: a line of ragged pup tents. Source: Internet

George and Calkins respond to thousands of calls like this every month while working at one of the busiest fire stations in the nation, in the heart of one of the most troubled places in Los Angeles: skid row. Source: Internet

Fatima, 37, has lived on Skid Row for five years. Source: Internet

Cartoon and Oriol befriended Skid Row residents during their years working alongside them. Source: Internet

“It really does sound like they are making an effort to create another skid row in a really nice neighborhood,” said one poster on Nextdoor. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

skid row

Close letter words and terms

skid loader skid mark skid road skid-resistant skidaddle skidance