'Backstairs' definitions:
Definition of 'backstairs'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Backstairs'
From: GCIDE
- Backstairs \Back"stairs`\, Back stairs \Back" stairs`\ (b[a^]k"st[^a]rz`) n. Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; a second staircase at the rear of a building; hence, a private or indirect way. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Backstairs
Definition of 'Backstairs'
From: GCIDE
- Backstairs \Back"stairs`\, Backstair \Back"stair`\, a. Private; indirect; secret; conducted with secrecy; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs; as, backstairs gossip.
- Syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, on the quiet(predicate), secret, subterranean, surreptitious, undercover, underground. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
- A backstairs influence. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- Female caprice and backstair influence. --Trevelyan. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'backstairs'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- back-door,
- clandestine,
- covert,
- feline,
- furtive,
- hidlings,
- hole-and-corner,
- hugger-mugger,
- privy,
- quiet,
- shifty,
- skulking,
- slinking,
- slinky,
- sly,
- sneaking,
- sneaky,
- stealthy,
- surreptitious,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- undercover,
- underground,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unobtrusive