Meanings
comparative further downtown · comparative farther downtown · comparative more downtown · superlative furthest downtown · superlative farthest downtown · superlative most downtown · alternative dahntahn
- not comparableusuallyOf, relating to, or situated in the central business district.
John walked every day to his downtown job.
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“Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi.
2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2018The famed Farmers & Crafts Market on Main Street in downtown Las Cruces is a lively gathering of regional farmers, bakers, makers, jewelers, artists, food trucks and street musicians.
2025 June 26, Judith Fein, “A sunny spot where desert, mountains and cultures mix”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2025
comparative further downtown · comparative farther downtown · comparative more downtown · superlative furthest downtown · superlative farthest downtown · superlative most downtown · alternative dahntahn
- not comparableusuallyIn or towards the central business district.
You need to go downtown four blocks.
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A storekeeper downtown was shot dead last evening.
When you're alone and life is making you lonely / You can always go downtown
1964, Tony Hatch, “Downtown”, performed by Petula Clark - not comparableusuallyball gamesOutside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
That shot came from way downtown!
plural downtowns · alternative dahntahn
- CanadaUSThe main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
Synonyms: city center, town centre, central business district, city
- USslangThe human genitalia.
Synonyms: axe wound, badly packed kebab, bearded clam, beaver, beef curtains, burger, chocha, clam
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
nounThe human genitalia.
nounHeroin.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center
nounthe central area or commercial center of a town or city
adverbtoward or in the lower or central part of town
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans middestad
- middestadeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Arabic وَسَطُ البَلَد
- وَسَطُ البَلَد (wasaṭu l-balad)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Bulgarian це́нтър на гра́да
- це́нтър на гра́да (céntăr na gráda)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Catalan centre
- centreeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Chinese Mandarin 市中心, 中央商業區 /中央商业区
- 市中心 (shìzhōngxīn)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- 中央商業區 /中央商业区 (zhōngyāng shāngyèqū)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Dutch binnenstad, stadscentrum
- binnenstadeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- stadscentrumeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- centrumeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Esperanto urbocentro, urbomezo
- urbocentroeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- urbomezoeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Finnish keskustassa oleva, keskusta-
- keskustassa olevain, or towards the central business district
- keskusta-in, or towards the central business district
- keskustaeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- ydinkeskustaeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
French centre-ville, centre-ville
- centre-villein, or towards the central business district
- centre-villeeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- quartier d'affaireseither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
German in der Innenstadt, in die Innenstadt
- in der Innenstadtin, or towards the central business district
- in die Innenstadtin, or towards the central business district
- Stadtmitteeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- Innenstadteither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- Stadtzentrumeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- Zentrumeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- Cityeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Greek αγορά, κέντρο
- αγορά (agorá)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- κέντρο (kéntro)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Hungarian belváros
- belvároseither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Icelandic miðborg, miðbær
- miðborgeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- miðbæreither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Indonesian pusat kota
- pusat kotaeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Italian centro
- centroeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Japanese ダウンタウン, 町
- ダウンタウン (dauntaun)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- 町 (machi)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- 中心部 (chūshinbu)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- 中心業務地区 (chūshin gyōmu chiku)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Korean 시내, 도심
- 시내 (sinae)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- 도심 (dosim)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Latin media urbs
- media urbseither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Malay pusat bandar
- pusat bandareither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Norwegian bykjerne
- bykjerneeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Polish śródmieście, centrum miasta
- śródmieścieeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- centrum miastaeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Portuguese centro, centro
- centroin, or towards the central business district
- centroeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- baixaeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Romanian centru n de oraș (comercial)
- centru n de oraș (comercial)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Russian центр, центр го́рода
- центр (centr)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- центр го́рода (centr góroda)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- делова́я часть го́рода (delovája častʹ góroda)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- си́ти (síti)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Spanish centro, centro/núcleo urbano/ciudadano/citadino
- centroeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- centro/núcleo urbano/ciudadano/citadinoeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- downtowneither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- dauntauneither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- dauntáuneither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Swedish innerstad, centrum
- innerstadeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- centrumeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- cityeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Tagalog bayanan, gitnambayan
- bayananeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- gitnambayaneither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- gitnambaleneither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- kabayananeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- kabalinaneither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Turkish şehir merkezi, kent merkezi
- şehir merkezieither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- kent merkezieither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Ukrainian середмі́стя
- середмі́стя (seredmístja)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Vietnamese dưới phố, khu trung tâm thành phố
- dưới phốin, or towards the central business district
- khu trung tâm thành phốeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- khu vực trung tâm thành phốeither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
- nội thànheither the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Yiddish אונטערשטאָט
- אונטערשטאָט (untershtot)either the lower, or the business center of a city or town
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with downtown
Cite this entry
downtown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtown
“downtown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtown. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “downtown,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtown.
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