Meanings
- A neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
It was a dark Saturday night last month on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where Saturday nights can get very dark, but Sabrina Brier, in a rhinestone necklace and strapless plaid pantsuit, was agleam onstage at a basement comedy club called Caveat warming up the crowd.
2023 March 14, Alexandra Jacobs, “Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: LES
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA neighborhood in the southeastern part of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
Cite this entry
Lower East Side. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lower%20East%20Side
“Lower East Side.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lower%20East%20Side. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lower East Side,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lower%20East%20Side.
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