side door
Not the front
A side door is a door on the side of a building rather than at the front or back entrance.
Side doors often provide secondary or private access: We slipped in through the side door to avoid the crowd.
Figuratively, a side door is an unofficial or indirect way of achieving something: He got into the company through a side door—his uncle knew the CEO.
- entrancePoint of access
- entrywayPassage serving as entrance
- secretConcealed information
- alleyNarrow way between buildings
- passageSegment of text
back entrance · servant's entrance · servant · kitchen · discreet · sneak · sneak in · hidden · threshold · delivery · staff only · escape · fire escape · emergency exit · latch · hinges · unlocked · shortcut
- doorstrapdoor, solid core, hollow core, shoji screen, portal
- exitsexit, escape, way out, egress, emergency exit
- secret passagessecret passage, hidden panel, hidden staircase, hidden path, underground tunnel
- service entrancesemployee entrance, loading dock
- alternate routesbypass, detour, alternate route, reroute, diversion
- school runschool bus, carpool, drop-off, pickup, school zone
side doorfront door
Primary household entry point
main entrance · grand entrance · main gate · direct approach · front gate
side doorfront door
Primary household entry point
official channels · direct approach · main entrance · standard procedure
side, door, sides, sided, siding, sidelong, sideways, sideward, alongside