Backwoods \Back"woods"\, n. pl. [Back, a. + woods.]
The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
backwoods
adj : inaccessible and sparsely populated [syn: backwoods(a), outback(a),
remote]
n : a remote and undeveloped area [syn: back country, boondocks,
hinterland]
WordNet (r) 2.0
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "backwoods":
back, back country, back of beyond, back-country, backcountry,
backwash, backwater, backwood, backwoodsy, boondock, boondocks,
borderland, brush, bush, bush country, bushveld, forests, frontier,
hinterland, outback, outpost, sticks, sylvan, the bush, timbers,
uninhabited region, up-country, virgin, virgin land,
virgin territory, waste, wasteland, wild, wild West, wilderness,
wilds, woodland, woodlands, woods
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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