Synonyms of alleys

alleys

noun

plural of alley

as in streets

a narrow passage between buildings

One can spend days exploring all the alleys and backstreets of the old city.

Related Words

• streets
• roads
• highways
• alleyways
• lanes
• thoroughfares
• boulevards
• roadways
• avenues
• arteries
• freeways
• routes
• arterials
• rows
• expressways
• turnpikes
• byways
• pike
• drives
• causeways
• carriageways
• thruways
• passes
• backstreets
• side streets
• ways
• branches
• high roads
• crossroads
• side roads
• secondary roads
• laneways
• traces
• corridors
• circles
• mews
• places
• drags
• trails
• bystreets
• cul-de-sacs
• dead ends
• shunpikes
• tracks
• closes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of alleys

Malls, once anchored by department stores, are reinventing themselves as experience hubs—think escape rooms, arcades and bowling alleys, with small commerce areas tucked in alongside. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026

That might prove to be difficult, if not prohibitively expensive or just impossible, in urban areas with sewers, gas lines, fiber optic cables and whatnot installed beneath streets, parkways, sidewalks and paved alleys. — Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

At the foot of the gulf, the village of Grimaud is crowned with remnants of a medieval castle, and its winding alleys are adorned with bright bougainvilleas. — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2026

Consider, for instance, a crossroads of two busy streets, with a few alleys and parking lots adding to the list of potential dangers. — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026

And speaking of driver assist, there’s a feature called Memory Reversing Assist that remembers the vehicle’s path and can automatically guide it backward out of narrow alleys or parking spots. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 20 Aug. 2026

There, sprinklers sprayed water across the track ensuring that our route, a coned course with tight, tricky curves and acceleration alleys, would challenge me at every turn. — Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Corlys finds the rogue prince among Tumbleton’s dusty alleys and informs him that Ulf has turned — that the town has been lost to dragonfire while the realm watched. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

City officials and neighbors assert that the constant stream of vehicles at the charging stations create light and sound pollution and cause undue traffic congestion on the streets and nearby alleys, creating a collective bother and disruption. — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026