side street
Off the boulevard
A side street is a smaller road branching off from a main thoroughfare.
Side streets typically carry less traffic and connect residential or commercial areas to busier routes: We parked on a side street to avoid the meters.
The term suggests relative obscurity—a shop on a side street is less prominent than one on the main drag.
Narrow way between buildings
- backstreetMinor road, secondary
- laneDesignated travel strip
- narrowOf small width
- passageSegment of text
cul-de-sac · dead-end · cobblestone · pavement · shortcut · detour · turnoff · crossroad
Quicker alternative path
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- alternateOccur in succession
- routePath from A to B
cut-through · parallel · avoid · traffic · locals · GPS · winding · zigzag
alley
Narrow way between buildings
- backstreetMinor road, secondary
- laneDesignated travel strip
- narrowOf small width
passage · cul-de-sac · dead-end · cobblestone · pavement · shortcut · detour · turnoff · crossroad · intersection
shortcut
Quicker alternative path
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- alternateOccur in succession
route · cut-through · parallel · avoid · traffic · locals · GPS · winding · zigzag · meander
secluded
Set apart, private
hidden · tucked-away · undisturbed · sleepy · forgotten · deserted · empty · stillness · shade · escape
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
- suburbOutlying residential district
- drivewayPrivate residential road
- townhouseAttached multi-floor urban residence
bungalow · rowhouse · terrace · homes · lawns · porches · mailboxes · playground · speedbump · tree-lined
- quiet streetscul-de-sac, dead end, alley, alleyway, lane
- streetsroad, pavement, alley, lane, avenue
- alleysalley, alleyway, back alley, backstreet, blind alley
- street typesboulevard, cul-de-sac, dead-end, avenue, alley
- Rundown placesdump, hole, dive, fleabag, flophouse
- alternate routesbypass, detour, alternate route, reroute, diversion
side streetmain road
Primary vehicular thoroughfare
highway · thoroughfare · arterial road · main drag · primary road