Back Bay

American  

noun

1. a prosperous residential and commercial area of Boston, Massachusetts.

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back bay British  

noun

1. a small bay or inlet of a lake

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Example Sentences

“There’s a reason that younger people tend to have high-deductible health plans, and obviously it’s affordability,” Robert Jeter, a financial adviser with Back Bay Financial Planning and Investments, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

Under that scenario, the streets of Boston's Back Bay we are gazing out across at would become capillaries of the Charles River.

From Salon • May 20, 2023

But following them from Hopkinton to Boston’s Back Bay on the third Monday in April are 30,000 others who are not in it to win it, or maybe not even to achieve a personal best.

From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2023

Now that they are married, both Mr. Allen and Ms. Thomas look forward to settling into their new house in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood and developing a routine.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2021

The child of a well-heeled, status-oriented Back Bay family of antique dealers, she was far out of the league of a jockey with a seventh-grade formal education and no fixed address.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand