Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "alley" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

big city towns

Defined As

name for group of clowns

Derived Terms

Carolina Alley Dixie Alley Gasoline Alley Hailstorm Alley Hoosier Alley Hurricane Alley Iceberg Alley MiG Alley O'Malley's Alley Peacock Alley South Alley Stroke Alley Tornado Alley Typhoon Alley alley apple alley ball alley cat alley crop alley stone alleyed alleygating alleylike alleyway back alley back-alley ball alley blind alley blood alley bowling alley down someone's alley handball alley kilowatt alley power alley right up someone's alley shaft alley sideshow alley skittle alley up someone's alley

Etymologically Related To

alabaster allée

Context

baseball bowling perspective drawing tennis

Has Property

dark

Part Of (Holonyms)

city settlement town

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

lane street

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

back alley back street blind alley

Type Of (IsA)

narrow road between buildings street utility road classification

Related Terms

between between buildings buildings church compositor marble outfielder passageway pew print stand street taw tennis court tramline

Synonym Network

aisle bowling alley by way gap lane

Used For

access to backs of properties access to backsides of buildings bowling cats colourful murals deliveries garages hanging out having smoke hide from persuit rear exits from buildings or property sneaking past clogged traffic storing trashcans trash containers walk

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.