Alley synonyms

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lane
A strip delineated on a street or highway to accommodate a single line of vehicles:
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alleyway
An alley between buildings
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cul-de-sac (blind alley)
a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
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road (related)
(US) A railway; (British) a single railway track. [from 19th c.]
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chaussee
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rear way
a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
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ginnel (related)
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byway
A road or path other than the main one, esp. one not used very much; side road; bypath
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bowling-alley
The long, narrow wooden lane used in bowling
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passage
Passage is moving through something, being granted permission to move through something or an enclosed area that you must move through to get to somewhere else.
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passageway
Any way for passing in, out or through something.
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path
The route or course along which something travels or moves:
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slum
A usually heavily populated area of a city, characterized by poverty, poor housing, etc.
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walk
A route traversed by walking
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skittle-alley
(Bowling) the long narrow building in which skittles is played
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autobahn
The high-speed intercity highways of Germany.
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autoroute
An expressway in France or another area where French is spoken.
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autostrada
A motorway in Italy (some other countries)
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carriageway
The part of a road that carries traffic.
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causey
(Now dialectal) A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc.
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motorway
A superhighway.
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tree-shaded (related)
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archway (related)
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Find another word for alley. In this page you can discover 24 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for alley, like: lane, alleyway, cul-de-sac (blind alley), road, chaussee, rear way, ginnel, byway, bowling-alley, passage and passageway.
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Alley Sentence Examples

  • You heard him say it in the alley, he said.

  • He emerged into the alley in time to see her replace a phone in her pocket.

  • As she stepped off the walk to cross an alley, a lean figure stepped out of the saloon.

  • He left for the mortal world and emerged in an alley in some large city.

  • She breathed deeply and trailed him through the alley to the main street.

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