Dictionary

back street en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre.
   • So much to do, so much to see So what's wrong with taking the back streets? You'll never know if you don't go You'll never shine if you don't glow 1999 May 4, Greg Camp, “All Star”, in Astro Lounge, performed by Smash Mouth:
2. A secret, clandestine, or illegal scene.
   • Near-synonym: mean streets

Forms

Antonyms

arterial road · highway · thoroughfare · main street

Coordinates

hood · byway · back alley · barrio · Main Street

Deriveds

back-street abortion

Synonyms

mean streets

Translations (19)

da baggade (small and narrow street) · ru задво́рки (small and narrow street) · ru глуха́я у́лица (small and narrow street) · es callejón (small and narrow street) · cy stryd gefn (small and narrow street) · nl achterafstraat (small and narrow street) · ja 裏通り (small and narrow street) · bg глуха улица (small and narrow street) · nb bakgate (small and narrow street) · nl achterafstraatje (small and narrow street) · sv bakgata (small and narrow street) · cmn 背街 (small and narrow street) · ru закоу́лок (small and narrow street) · nn bakgate (small and narrow street) · ga cúlsráid (small and narrow street) · fi sivukatu (small and narrow street) · sv gränd (small and narrow street) · es callejuela (small and narrow street) · de Seitengasse (small and narrow street)