backstreets

The word “backstreets” has 2 syllables: back-streets

It's pronounced as /bækstriːts/


What is synonym and antonym for backstreets?

In the thesaurus, “backstreets” has 36 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for backstreets along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for backstreets

  • arterials
  • arteries
  • avenues
  • boulevards
  • branches
  • bystreets
  • byways
  • carriageways
  • corniches
  • corridors
  • crossroads
  • drags
  • drives
  • expressways
  • freeways
  • high roads
  • highways
  • passes
  • pike
  • pikes
  • roads
  • roadways
  • rows
  • secondary roads
  • shunpikes
  • side roads
  • side streets
  • streets
  • switchbacks
  • thoroughfares
  • thruways
  • traces
  • tracks
  • trails
  • turnpikes
  • ways

Meanings of backstreets

  • noun
    1. A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre.
    2. A secret, clandestine or illegal scene.

Example Sentences

  • Backstreets often harbor hidden gems, like quaint cafes and boutique shops.
  • Exploring the backstreets of the old town revealed a rich tapestry of history and culture.
  • In the backstreets of the bustling city, one can find a sense of tranquility away from the noise.
  • The detective pursued the suspect through the dimly lit backstreets of the urban sprawl.
  • Local artisans thrive in the vibrant atmosphere of the backstreets, showcasing their crafts to passersby.

On this page you'll find 36 synonyms or another words to backstreets, such as: arterials, arteries, avenues, boulevards, branches, bystreets, byways.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

dead ends

  • Mexican standoffs
  • abates
  • alleys
  • alleyways
  • arterials
  • arteries
  • avenues
  • backstreets
  • binds
  • bites the dust
  • bottlenecks
  • boulevards
  • branches
  • breaks down
  • breaks off
  • breaks up
  • bystreets
  • byways
  • carriageways
  • causeways
  • ceases
  • circles
  • closes
  • concludes
  • corners
  • corridors
  • crossroads
  • cul-de-sacs
  • culs-de-sac
  • cuts out
  • deadlocks
  • determines
  • dies
  • difficulties
  • dilemmas
  • discontinues
  • drags
  • drives
  • elapses
  • ends
  • expires
  • expressways
  • finishes
  • fixes
  • freeways
  • gives over
  • goes
  • gridlocks
  • halts
  • high roads
  • highways
  • holes
  • impasses
  • jams
  • knocks off
  • lanes
  • laneways
  • lapses
  • leaves off
  • lets up
  • logjams
  • mews
  • morasses
  • passes
  • pauses
  • pickles
  • pike
  • pikes
  • pinches
  • places
  • plights
  • predicaments
  • problems
  • quagmires
  • quandaries
  • quits
  • roads
  • roadways
  • routes
  • rows
  • secondary roads
  • shunpikes
  • side roads
  • side streets
  • spots
  • stalemates
  • stalls
  • standoffs
  • standstills
  • stays
  • stops
  • suspends
  • terminates
  • thoroughfares
  • thruways
  • traces
  • tracks
  • trails
  • turnpikes
  • ways
  • winds down
  • winds up

Main Streets

  • alleys
  • alleyways
  • autobahns
  • autoroutes
  • autostradas
  • autostrade
  • backstreets
  • beltways
  • branches
  • bypasses
  • bystreets
  • byways
  • causeways
  • circles
  • closes
  • corniches
  • crossroads
  • cul-de-sacs
  • culs-de-sac
  • dead ends
  • dual carriageways
  • high streets
  • interstates
  • lanes
  • laneways
  • mews
  • motorways
  • parkways
  • places
  • ring roads
  • secondary roads
  • shunpikes
  • side roads
  • side streets
  • superhighways
  • switchbacks
  • through streets

parkways

  • Main Streets
  • alleys
  • alleyways
  • arterials
  • arteries
  • autobahns
  • autoroutes
  • autostradas
  • autostrade
  • avenues
  • backstreets
  • beltways
  • boulevards
  • branches
  • bypasses
  • bystreets
  • byways
  • carriageways
  • causeways
  • circles
  • corniches
  • crossroads
  • drags
  • drives
  • dual carriageways
  • expressways
  • freeways
  • high roads
  • high streets
  • highways
  • interstates
  • lanes
  • laneways
  • mews
  • motorways
  • passes
  • pike
  • pikes
  • places
  • ring roads
  • roads
  • roadways
  • routes
  • rows
  • secondary roads
  • shunpikes
  • side roads
  • side streets
  • streets
  • superhighways
  • switchbacks
  • thoroughfares
  • through streets
  • thruways
  • traces
  • turnpikes
  • ways

ways

  • a piece
  • abroad
  • abstracted
  • act
  • action
  • addictions
  • address
  • afar
  • affectations
  • affinities
  • air
  • airs
  • airways
  • alleys
  • alleyways
  • alternatives
  • altitudes
  • apart
  • approaches
  • aptitudes
  • arcs
  • areas
  • arterials
  • arteries
  • ascents
  • asunder
  • attitude
  • attributes
  • autobahns
  • autoroutes
  • autostradas
  • autostrade
  • avenues
  • away
  • backstreets
  • backwoods
  • bag
  • bags
  • bearing
  • beltways
  • bents
  • berths
  • beyond range
  • bikeways
  • bit
  • blueprints
  • boulevards
  • branches
  • breadths
  • bypasses
  • bypaths
  • bystreets
  • byways
  • carriage
  • carriageways
  • casts
  • causeways
  • channels
  • characteristics
  • choices
  • circles
  • circuits
  • clearances
  • closes
  • code
  • comportment
  • conduct
  • convention
  • conventions
  • corniches
  • corridors
  • course
  • courses
  • crossroads
  • cul-de-sacs
  • culs-de-sac
  • customs
  • cycleways
  • dead ends
  • dealings
  • decency
  • decorum
  • deed
  • deep
  • delivery
  • demeanor
  • deportment
  • deportments
  • depths
  • descents
  • designs
  • determinations
  • discernments
  • discretions
  • dispositions
  • distances
  • distant
  • doors
  • doorways
  • drags
  • drills
  • drives
  • drops
  • druthers
  • dual carriageways
  • eccentricities
  • elections
  • end of rainbow
  • entrances
  • ethics
  • etiquette
  • expedients
  • expression
  • expressways
  • extensions
  • extents
  • falls
  • far
  • far back
  • far piece
  • far-flung
  • far-off
  • far-removed
  • faraway
  • farther
  • fashions
  • flight paths
  • flights
  • form
  • forms
  • free wills
  • freeways
  • front
  • further
  • game plans
  • games
  • gates
  • gateways
  • gats
  • good ways
  • grooves
  • ground plans
  • guise
  • habits
  • habitudes
  • hatches
  • hatchways
  • hauls
  • heights
  • high roads
  • high streets
  • highways
  • hows
  • idiosyncrasies
  • in the background
  • in the boonies
  • in the distance
  • in the sticks
  • inaccessible
  • inclinations
  • indirect
  • interstates
  • intrigues
  • isolated
  • jog trots
  • judgements
  • judgments
  • kinks
  • lanes
  • laneways
  • layouts
  • leads
  • leanings
  • lengths
  • liberties
  • likings
  • lines
  • long
  • loops
  • main streets
  • management
  • manner
  • manners
  • marks
  • means
  • methodologies
  • methods
  • methods and means
  • methods and resources
  • mews
  • middle of nowhere
  • mien
  • miles
  • mind-sets
  • mode
  • models
  • modes
  • modi operandi
  • morals
  • mores
  • motorways
  • moves
  • nature
  • not home
  • obscure
  • observance
  • oddities
  • options
  • orbits
  • out of earshot
  • out of range
  • out of reach
  • out-of-the-way
  • outlying
  • parkways
  • partialities
  • passages
  • passageways
  • passes
  • paths
  • pathways
  • patterns
  • peculiarities
  • penchants
  • performance
  • perspicacities
  • picks
  • piece
  • pike
  • pikes
  • places
  • plans
  • plots
  • policies
  • portals
  • poses
  • posture
  • practice
  • practices
  • practises
  • predilections
  • predispositions
  • preferences
  • presence
  • processes
  • proclivities
  • programs
  • propensities
  • propriety
  • quirks
  • ranges
  • reaches
  • recipes
  • regimens
  • regimes
  • remote
  • removed
  • removes
  • retired
  • ring roads
  • rises
  • ritual
  • rituals
  • roads
  • roadways
  • role
  • rotes
  • routes
  • routeways
  • routine
  • routines
  • rows
  • ruts
  • savoir-faire
  • says
  • schemes
  • scopes
  • secluded
  • secondary roads
  • secret
  • seemliness
  • selections
  • separate
  • sequestered
  • sets
  • shifts
  • shots
  • shunpikes
  • side roads
  • side streets
  • singularities
  • social graces
  • spaces
  • spacings
  • speech
  • spreads
  • stance
  • steps
  • strategies
  • streets
  • stretches
  • style
  • styles
  • superhighways
  • sweeps
  • switchbacks
  • systems
  • tacks
  • tact
  • tactics
  • talk
  • taste
  • techniques
  • telescopic
  • tendencies
  • tenors
  • tenue
  • thoroughfares
  • through streets
  • throws
  • thruways
  • tics
  • tone
  • traces
  • tracks
  • trails
  • traits
  • trajectories
  • tricks
  • turnpikes
  • turns
  • unapproachable
  • usages
  • uses
  • voices
  • volitions
  • volumes
  • votes
  • walks
  • walkways
  • watercourses
  • waterways
  • way
  • way of life
  • wherewithal
  • wide of
  • widths
  • wills
  • wonts
  • yonder

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