This is a dead-end alley.
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Alley
//ˈæl.i//
Synonyms for "alley" (152 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (45)
Related words (76)
Noun(20 words)
highroadhighwayhighways and bywaysinletinterchangeintersectioninterstate highwayjunctionlocal roadmain dragmain roadmewsmotorwayopeningoutletoverpassparkwaypasspassagepassageway
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pavepaved roadpikeplaceplank roadporticoprimary highwayprivate roadrailroad tunnelright-of-wayring roadroadroadbedroadwayroute nationalerowroyal roadsecondary roadspeedwaystate highwaystreetsuperhighwayterracethoroughfarethrough streetthruwaytoll roadtownship roadtracktrajecttrajettunnelturnpikeunderpassus highwaywynd
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2 entriesMore specific
3 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesat location
2 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
etymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
4 entrieshas property
1 entriesholonym
3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
15 entriesused for
15 entriesTranslations
184 translations across 84 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- абжьаларҭа noun (narrow street)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- στενωπός noun (narrow street)
Arabic
4 entries- حارة noun (narrow street)
- داعوس noun (narrow street)
- زقاق noun (narrow street)
- زُقَاق noun (narrow street)
Armenian
1 entries- նրբանցք noun (narrow street)
Assamese
2 entries- আলি noun (narrow street)
- বাট noun (narrow street)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- alleya noun (narrow street)
- döngə noun (narrow street)
- küçə noun (narrow street)
Belarusian
4 entries- але́йка noun (narrow street)
- але́я noun (narrow street)
- ву́лачка noun (narrow street)
- ву́лка noun (narrow street)
Bengali
1 entries- গলি noun (narrow street)
Bulgarian
2 entries- але́я noun (narrow street)
- паса́ж noun (narrow street)
Burmese
2 entries- ဒူးလမ်း noun (narrow street)
- လမ်းကြား noun (narrow street)
Catalan
1 entries- carreró noun (narrow street)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کۆڵان noun (narrow street)
Chinese
2 entries- 巷 noun (narrow street)
- 巷仔 noun (narrow street)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 巷 noun (narrow street)
- 巷仔 noun (narrow street)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 巷子 noun (narrow street)
- 弄 noun (narrow street)
- 衚衕 /胡同 noun (narrow street)
- 里弄 noun (narrow street)
Coptic
3 entries- ⲗⲁⲩⲣⲁ noun (narrow street)
- ⲣⲁⲃⲏ noun (narrow street)
- ⲣⲁⲟⲩⲏ noun (narrow street)
Czech
2 entries- alej noun (passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees)
- ulička noun (narrow street)
Danish
1 entries- gyde noun (narrow street)
Dari
1 entries- کوچَه noun (narrow street)
Dutch
2 entries- doorgang noun (narrow street)
- steeg noun (narrow street)
Esperanto
1 entries- strateto noun (narrow street)
Estonian
3 entries- allee noun (narrow street)
- kuja noun (narrow street)
- põiktänav noun (narrow street)
Finnish
1 entries- kuja noun (narrow street)
French
3 entries- allée noun (narrow street)
- ruelle noun (narrow street)
- venelle noun (narrow street)
Galician
4 entries- beque noun (narrow street)
- calella noun (narrow street)
- canella noun (narrow street)
- congostra noun (narrow street)
Georgian
1 entries- შესახვევი noun (narrow street)
German
1 entries- Gasse noun (narrow street)
Greek
2 entries- δρομάκι noun (narrow street)
- δρομίσκος noun (narrow street)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 巷仔 noun (narrow street)
Hebrew
1 entries- סִמְטָה noun (narrow street)
Hindi
2 entries- कूचा noun (narrow street)
- गली noun (narrow street)
Hungarian
1 entries- sikátor noun (narrow street)
Icelandic
3 entries- húsasund noun (narrow street)
- sund noun (narrow street)
- öngstræti noun (narrow street)
Indonesian
1 entries- gang noun (narrow street)
Interlingua
2 entries- allée noun (narrow street)
- vico noun (narrow street)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- کوچِه noun (narrow street)
Irish
2 entries- caolsráid noun (narrow street)
- scabhat noun (narrow street)
Italian
4 entries- calle noun (narrow street)
- carruggio noun (narrow street)
- strettoia noun (narrow street)
- vialetto noun (narrow street)
Japanese
2 entries- 裏通り noun (narrow street)
- 路地 noun (narrow street)
Jin Chinese
1 entries- 黑浪 noun (narrow street)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- béke noun (narrow street)
- béku noun (narrow street)
Kazakh
3 entries- тар көше noun (narrow street)
- тұйық көше noun (narrow street)
- шолақ көше noun (narrow street)
Korean
2 entries- 골목 noun (narrow street)
- 골목길 noun (narrow street)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- аллея noun (narrow street)
- тар көчө noun (narrow street)
Lao
1 entries- ທາງຮ່ອມ noun (narrow street)
Latin
2 entries- angiportus noun (narrow street)
- vīculus noun (narrow street)
Latvian
2 entries- aleja noun (narrow street)
- ieliņa noun (narrow street)
Lithuanian
2 entries- alėja noun (narrow street)
- gatvelė noun (narrow street)
Macedonian
1 entries- сокак noun (narrow street)
Malay
1 entries- lorong noun (narrow street)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- kolan noun (narrow street)
- ziqaq noun (narrow street)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- smau noun (narrow street)
- smug noun (narrow street)
- strede noun (narrow street)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- smug noun (narrow street)
Occitan
2 entries- andana noun (narrow street)
- passatge noun (narrow street)
Pashto
1 entries- کوڅه ګۍ noun (narrow street)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Gank noun (narrow street)
Polish
3 entries- aleja noun (narrow street)
- alejka noun (narrow street)
- uliczka noun (narrow street)
Portuguese
4 entries- beco noun (narrow street)
- ruela noun (narrow street)
- travessa noun (narrow street)
- viela noun (narrow street)
Punjabi
2 entries- گَلی noun (narrow street)
- ਗਲੀ noun (narrow street)
Romanian
3 entries- alee noun (narrow street)
- stradelă noun (narrow street)
- străduță noun (narrow street)
Romansch
1 entries- giassa noun (narrow street)
Russian
4 entries- але́йка noun (narrow street)
- алле́я noun (narrow street)
- переу́лок noun (narrow street)
- у́лочка noun (narrow street)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- aleja noun (narrow street)
- sòkāk noun (narrow street)
- ȕličica noun (narrow street)
- алеја noun (narrow street)
Sicilian
3 entries- stratuzza noun (narrow street)
- vaneḍḍa noun (narrow street)
- violu noun (narrow street)
Slovak
2 entries- alej noun (narrow street)
- ulička noun (narrow street)
Slovene
1 entries- aleja noun (narrow street)
Spanish
4 entries- calleja noun (narrow street)
- callejo noun (narrow street)
- callejuela noun (narrow street)
- callejón noun (narrow street)
Swahili
1 entries- uchochoro noun (narrow street)
Swedish
1 entries- gränd noun (narrow street)
Tajik
4 entries- кӯчабоғ noun (narrow street)
- паскӯча noun (narrow street)
- тангкӯча noun (narrow street)
- хиёбон noun (narrow street)
Thai
2 entries- ซอย noun (narrow street)
- ตรอก noun (narrow street)
Tibetan
1 entries- ལམ་ཆུང noun (narrow street)
Turkish
3 entries- dar sokak noun (narrow street)
- geçit noun (narrow street)
- pasaj noun (narrow street)
Turkmen
1 entries- alleýa noun (narrow street)
Ukrainian
4 entries- але́йка noun (narrow street)
- але́я noun (narrow street)
- ву́личка noun (narrow street)
- заву́лок noun (narrow street)
Urdu
2 entries- کُوچَہ noun (narrow street)
- گَلی noun (narrow street)
Uyghur
1 entries- تار كوچا noun (narrow street)
Uzbek
3 entries- alleya noun (narrow street)
- tor koʻcha noun (narrow street)
- xiyobon noun (narrow street)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hẻm noun (narrow street)
Volapük
2 entries- lael noun (narrow street)
- lusüt noun (narrow street)
Welsh
2 entries- ale noun (narrow street)
- aleon noun (narrow street)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 弄堂 noun (narrow street)
Xiang Chinese
1 entries- 巷子 noun (narrow street)
Yiddish
4 entries- אַלעע noun (narrow street)
- געסל noun (narrow street)
- געסקע noun (narrow street)
- הינטערגעסל noun (narrow street)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
It is right up his alley.
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Thankfully, there was an Armani store just outside the alley where Dima had slept.
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The only window in our hotel room opens onto a smelly alley.
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