| Main Entry: | backwoods |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | forests; land distant from settled area |
Synonyms: |
backcountry, boondocks, frontier, hinterland, interior, isolation, outback, rural area, sticks, terra incognita, timberland, woodland |
| Main Entry: | bush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shrubs; woodland |
Synonyms: |
backcountry, backwoods, boscage, bramble, briar, brush, chaparral, creeper, forest, hedge, hinterland, jungle, outback, plant, scrub, scrubland, shrubbery, the wild, thicket, vine, wilderness |
| Notes: | bush and shrub are used interchangeably for relatively low woody perennials with many stems and branches that grow from a complex close to the ground; a tree is a woody perennial, usually taller, with branches starting higher up |
| Main Entry: | country |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rural area; area away from city |
Synonyms: |
back country, backwoods, boondocks, boonies, bush, countryside, cow country, farmland, farms, forests, green belt, hinterland, middle of nowhere, outback, outdoors, province, sticks, up country, wide open space, wilderness, wilds, woodlands, woods |
Antonyms: |
city, metropolis, urbanity |
| Main Entry: | distant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faraway |
Synonyms: |
a piece, abroad, abstracted, apart, arm's length, asunder, away, backwoods, beyond range, far, far back, far-flung, far-off, farther, further, in the background, in the boonies, in the distance, in the sticks, inaccessible, indirect, isolated, middle of nowhere, not home, obscure, out of earshot, out of range, out of reach, out-of-the-way, outlying, remote, removed, retired, secluded, secret, separate, sequestered, telescopic, unapproachable, ways, wide of, yonder |
Antonyms: |
adjacent, close, near, nearby, neighboring |
| Main Entry: | forest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area with a large number of trees |
Synonyms: |
backwoods, brake, chase, clump, coppice, copse, cover, covert, grove, growth, jungle, park, shelter, stand, thicket, timber, timberland, weald, wildwood, wood, woodland, woodlot, woods |
| Main Entry: | frontier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unexplored, unoccupied area of land |
Synonyms: |
backcountry, backwater, backwoods, boondocks, boonies, bush, hinterland, outback, outskirts, sticks, unknown* |
Antonyms: |
metropolis |
| Main Entry: | isolated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unique; private |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, abnormal, alone, anomalous, apart, backwoods, confined, deserted, detached, exceptional, far-out, forsaken, hidden, incommunicado, lonely, lonesome, off beaten track, out-of-the-way, outlying, random, remote, retired, screened, secluded, segregated, sequestered, single, solitary, special, stranded, unaccompanied, unfrequented, unrelated, untypical, unusual, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
included, incorporated, mingling, public |
| Main Entry: | outlying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in rural area; remote |
Synonyms: |
afar, backwoods, distant, external, far-flung, far-off, faraway, off-lying, out-of-the-way, outer, peripheral, provincial, removed |
Antonyms: |
central, inner, middle |
| Main Entry: | out of the way |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secluded |
Synonyms: |
backwoods, distant, far-flung, faraway, godforsaken, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, obscure, off the beaten track, outer, outermost, outlying, peripheral, remote, sequestered |
Antonyms: |
accessible, handy, near |
| Main Entry: | remote |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out-of-the-way; in the distance |
Synonyms: |
alien, back, backwoods, beyond, boondocks, devious, distant, far, far-flung, far-off, faraway, foreign, frontier, god-knows-where, godforsaken, in a backwater, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, lonesome, middle of nowhere, obscure, off the beaten path, off-lying, outlandish, outlying, private, removed, retired, secluded, secret, undiscovered, unknown, unsettled, wild |
Antonyms: |
close, convenient, near, nearby |