Antonyms for backdoor

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bak-dawr, -dohr

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbækˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr

Definition of backdoor

Origin : also back-door, "devious, shady, illegal," 1640s. The notion is of business done out of public view. The noun back door in the literal sense is from 1520s, from back (adj.) + door. The association with sodomy is at least from 19c.; cf. also back-door man "a married woman's lover," black slang, early 20c.

As in off the record : adj confidential
As in secret : adj hidden, unrevealed
As in secret : adj underhand, clandestine
As in huggermugger : adj secret
As in confidential : adj secret

Example sentences :

It was as though he had walked round the house of literature, and peeped in at the backdoor.
Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

Instantly the backdoor assumed the chief position of interest.
Extract from : « The Leavenworth Case » by Anna Katherine Green

So unhappy she was that George immediately planned her a backdoor of excuse.
Extract from : « Once Aboard The Lugger » by Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson

Nor was there anything the least clandestine in this backdoor trade of Herman's on the Sabbath.
Extract from : « The Wrong Twin » by Harry Leon Wilson

The fire was built in the passage near the backdoor where I stood.
Extract from : « Narrative of the Suffering and Defeat of the North-Western Army, Under General Winchester » by William Atherton

Kentuckians were left practically alone to defend the backdoor of the young Republic.
Extract from : « Daniel Boone » by Reuben Gold Thwaites

When within a short distance of the old house a backdoor suddenly opened and fule-Tammy came out carrying a peat-keschie.
Extract from : « Viking Boys » by Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby

Probably it had been a servants' entrance, a backdoor, or opening into what are called "the offices" in Scotland.
Extract from : « Great Ghost Stories » by Various

Let us go with Mark Rothwell himself, as he leaves his house that very night, sneaking out at the backdoor like a felon.
Extract from : « Nearly Lost but Dearly Won » by Theodore P. Wilson

Because it served to neutralize Russia as a potential, backdoor combatant, a-la Vietnam.
Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin

Synonyms for backdoor

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