Usually means: Segregate and confine to specific area.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 20 dictionaries that define the word ghettoize:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. ghettoize: Merriam-Webster
  2. ghettoize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ghettoize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ghettoize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ghettoize: Vocabulary.com
  6. ghettoize: Wordnik
  7. ghettoize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ghettoize: Wiktionary
  9. ghettoize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ghettoize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. ghettoize: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. ghettoize: Dictionary.com
  13. ghettoize: Rhymezone
  14. ghettoize: FreeDictionary.org
  15. ghettoize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. ghettoize: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. ghettoize: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ghettoize: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See ghettoization as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To put (someone) in a ghetto, or to isolate as if in a ghetto.
verb:  (transitive) To make (a place) into a ghetto, or to add the characteristics of a ghetto.

Similar:

Opposite:

Words similar to ghettoize

Usage examples for ghettoize

Idioms related to ghettoize

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Words that often appear near ghettoize

Rhymes of ghettoize

Invented words related to ghettoize

Similar:

Opposite:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux