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
- 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
- abstruse
- ambiguous
- arcane
- backdoor
- backstairs
- camouflaged
- clandestine
- classified
- cloak-and-dagger
- close
- closet
- clouded
- confidential
- conspiratorial
- covered
- covert
- cryptic
- dark
- deep
- discreet
- disguised
- dissembled
- dissimulated
- enigmatical
- esoteric
- furtive
- hush-hush
- hushed
- in ambush
- in private
- incognito
- inside
- intimate
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystical
- not for publication
- not public
- obscure
- occult
- off the record
- on the QT
- out-of-the-way
- private
- privy
- recondite
- restricted
- reticent
- retired
- secluded
- secret
- secretive
- shrouded
- sly
- sneak
- sneaky
- stealthy
- strange
- sub-rosa
- surreptitious
- top secret
- unacknowledged
- under false pretense
- under wraps
- under-the-table
- undercover
- underground
- underhanded
- undisclosed
- unenlightened
- unfrequented
- unintelligible
- unknown
- unofficial
- unpublished
- unseen
- veiled
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