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downtown

/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/noun, adjective, adverb2 syllables

Downtown means: the central area or commercial center of a town or city.

Synonyms for downtown16

noun, as in the central area or commercial center of a town or city

business district

also used for downtown

city center, town centre, central business district, city, axe wound, badly packed kebab, bearded clam, beaver, beef curtains, burger, chocha, clam, cooch, coochie, Big H

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Opposites of downtown

uptown

What does downtown mean?3

noun

1

the central area or commercial center of a town or city“the heart of Birmingham's downtown”

adjective

1

of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center“downtown Manhattan”

adverb

1

toward or in the lower or central part of town

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with downtown?12

two syllables

uptownrenown
Show 40 near rhymes
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Downtown in a sentence

  • I lived downtown for a while, then moved up northwest.Ooneykcall
  • Sorry to jump in, but have you tried that new restaurant downtown?Nuel
  • In the downtown area, all traffic has come to a standstill.karloelkebekio
  • There are few places downtown for parking, which is a serious problem.CM
  • I would prefer to live in a residential area, not downtown.DostKaplan
  • Let's have lunch downtown and take in a show.CK
  • Layla drove twenty minutes to a bank downtown.OsoHombre
  • Do you happen to know how to get downtown from here?CK

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Forms of downtown

as a noun

plural
downtowns