/ Thesaurus / B Synonyms of back stairs Find synonyms for: Noun1. backstairs, stairway, staircaseusage: a second staircase at the rear of a buildingAdjective1. backstair, backstairs, furtive, covert (vs. overt)usage: secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: loathe Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language