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

What to do nearby The hotel sits at the border where polished Nihonbashi gives way to the workaday backstreets of Odenmacho and Bakurocho—once a wholesale-trade district, now carrying a low-key creative charge. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

The area has stairs, cracked sidewalks, and stone backstreets, so the sneakers were tried on over two miles of city terrain. — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

Then on the way to the airport, there was a traffic jam that had my driver cutting through backstreets. — Mike Albo, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026

Every year, on Mardi Gras morning, something extraordinary emerges from the backstreets of New Orleans – groups of Black revelers most tourists will never see. — Nichole Marks, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026

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