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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