Synonyms for alley
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.
The parking lot to my friend's apartment building is in the alley.
- n. 2
The area between the outfielders.
He hit one deep into the alley.
- n. 3
An establishment where bowling is played.
Related words
- Word family
- alleyway
- Phrases
- blind alley back alley bowling alley alley oop alley cat alley stone skittle alley up someone's alley
- Is a kind of
- street
Forms
- Plural
- alleys → alleyways, laneways, closes, lanes…
Example sentences
- alleyway The thief was trapped in a dead-end alleyway.
- lane This device will warn you when you leave your lane.
- gap The gap between the rich and the poor is widening.
- cha He's playing a cha cha cha rhythm on the drum kit.
By length
- 3 letters
- way1, gap1, cha1
- 4 letters
- shut1, lane1, char1, pend, wynd
- 5 letters
- close1, entry2, aisle1, gitty, ennog
- 6 letters
- avenue3, jigger, gennel
- 7 letters
- passage2, laneway, snicket, twitten
- 8 letters
- alleyway3
- 10 letters
- snickelway
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (entry2 = 2 syllables).