backstreet

noun

back·​street ˈbak-ˈstrēt 

often attributive

: a street away from the main thoroughfares

Examples of backstreet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lamia is laser-focused on fulfilling her cake-baking duty, but Bibi has made this trip with another purpose, one that divides the two and sets Lamia on a quest through the city’s thoroughfares and backstreets and bustling souk, with its hawkers and their wares. —Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025

The scent successfully imagines itself as a night spent meandering some new city, getting lost under the stars and city lights, and yet you’re never lost in those backstreets, no matter how foreign. —Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 12 May 2025

By Elizabeth Logan March 10, 2025 Paras Griffin/Getty Images Is backstreet back? —Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025

Lamai Fresh Coconut Ice Cream Located on a backstreet in Lamai, this mom-and-pop shop is all about vegan ice cream made with coconut milk. —Christina Liao, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for backstreet

• amit
• athlete
• backseat
• blackfeet
• broadsheet
• browbeat
• buckwheat
• compete
• compleat
• complete
• conceit
• concrete