Synonyms for backstairs
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bak-stairz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbækˈstɛərz |
Top 10 synonyms for backstairs
- backdoor
- backstairs
- buttoned up
- cagey
- camouflaged
- clammed up
- clandestine
- cloak-and-dagger
- close
- close-mouthed
- cryptic
- discreet
- disguised
- dissembled
- dissimulated
- feline
- hushed
- in ambush
- in chambers
- in privacy
- in private
- in the background
- in the dark
- incognito
- inside
- on the QT
- reserved
- silent
- sly
- sneak
- sneaky
- stealthy
- sub-rosa
- taciturn
- tight-lipped
- top secret
- unacknowledged
- under false pretense
- under-the-table
- undercover
- underhanded
- unforthcoming
- withdrawn
- zipped
Définition of backstairs
Origin :- "stairs at the back of a structure," 1650s, from back (adj.) + stairs (see stair). Figurative use is attested earlier (1640s).
- As in secret : adj underhand, clandestine
- As in secretive : adj uncommunicative
- As in huggermugger : adj secret
- "That's truth enough," said an asthmatic voice from the backstairs.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- The road to eminence lay by the "backstairs," the atmosphere of which he could not endure.
- Extract from : « The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 » by Sebastian Brandt
- But I hope one of the results of this war will be the end of backstairs diplomacy.
- Extract from : « Face to Face with Kaiserism » by James W. Gerard
- The backstairs one would not choose; but what other way was there?
- Extract from : « The Lady of Lynn » by Walter Besant
- We will go to my room by the backstairs, then we sha'n't disturb anybody.
- Extract from : « Unlucky » by Caroline Austin
- He wasn't groom of the backstairs to England's queen for nothing.
- Extract from : « The Lion and The Mouse » by Charles Klein
- Morris handed him a quarter and he shuffled off toward the backstairs.
- Extract from : « Abe and Mawruss » by Montague Glass
- A backstairs way of discrediting a master before his servants.
- Extract from : « The Road to Damascus » by August Strindberg
- One was sometimes disposed to wonder whether he did not think too much about the backstairs.
- Extract from : « Studies in Contemporary Biography » by James Bryce, Viscount Bryce
- Verus was no schemer; he walked in at the front door with a free and careless step, and scorned to climb the backstairs.
- Extract from : « The Emperor, Complete » by Georg Ebers
Antonyms for backstairs
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