backstreet

noun

Definition of backstreetnext
as in street

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Recent Examples of backstreet Set in a downtown Mexico City backstreet whose inhabitants’ lives are closely interwoven, the film is split into four clear parts. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025 Though little more than a tiny room off a backstreet, this Chinatown food shop Nai Mong Hoi Thod is hardly Bangkok's secret. — Tom Parker Bowles, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2024 None of that, however, helps either of us to know where to start with choosing one of the 17 different varieties of cider listed on the blackboard in a backstreet pub that first opened its doors in 1834. — Stuart James, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for backstreet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backstreet
  1. street
  2. road
  3. side street
  4. highway
  5. thoroughfare
  6. boulevard
  7. branch
  8. secondary road
Noun
  • Parents pushed strollers with infants, as men, women and children of all ages crammed onto the street.
    — Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The bike lane is raised a little from the street, and then the sidewalk is raised a little from the bike lane.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of street
Noun
  • Go wine tasting right in town, or do your research and drive the Nevada County foothill roads to a few local wineries with pretty tasting rooms.
    — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
  • Entire buildings and roads were submerged in Accra on Monday, cutting off access to several areas of the Ghanian capital and in the neighboring city of Tema.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Definition of road
Noun
  • The second car drives onto a side street, stays there for just under two minutes, with the driver even getting out for a few seconds, before taking off.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • The car takes the first right onto a much darker side street.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Definition of side street
Noun
  • Several northbound lanes of I-5 were closed north of Templin Highway as fire vehicles staged on the highway and multiple firefighting helicopters performed water drops from above, according to social media posts from the Angeles National Forest.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Drivers traveling south from Ouray to Silverton, will be on the steep outer side of the highway, while those driving north from Silverton to Ouray will hug the inside of the cliff face.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Definition of highway
Noun
  • The unearthed quarters included north-south thoroughfares intersected by east-west streets, forming open squares and public spaces, said Hisham el-Leithy, secretary general of the supreme council of antiquities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Others outside proudly waved their flags on the neighborhood thoroughfare, Westwood Boulevard.
    — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of thoroughfare
Noun
  • The incident began when Alnaji joined a rally on the corner of Westlake and Thousand Oaks boulevards in support of Palestinians, while Kessler had attended a counter protest in support of Israel, The Times reported.
    — Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • On June 20, a masked woman climbed over a wall separating the Israeli Embassy from one of Tirana’s main boulevards, removed the Israeli flag and ripped it apart as onlookers cheered.
    — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
Definition of boulevard
Noun
  • Since Independence Day is a federal holiday, most branches of national banks such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo and CitiBank, among others, will be closed on July 4.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Each branch was designed to check the power of the others because the Founders did not want to rely only on the voters to check government power.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 1 July 2026
Definition of branch
Noun
  • Thousands of miles of secondary roads are still paved this way today.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Definition of secondary road

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“Backstreet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backstreet. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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