Synonyms: backstairs
Definition: a second staircase at the rear of a building
Similar words: staircase, stairway
Definition: a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
Synonyms: backstair, backstairs, furtive
Definition: secret and sly or sordid
Usage: backstairs gossip; his low backstairs cunning- A.L.Guerard; backstairs intimacies; furtive behavior
Similar words: covert
Definition: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
Usage: covert actions by the CIA; covert funding for the rebels