| 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 |
| Notes: | country really refers to geographical characteristics while nation refers to political and social characteristics; country comes from Latin contrata (terra) 'the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view' and nation is from Latin nation-/natio 'race, class of person' a nation is made up of states - and a country is a nation defined geographically |
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: | far |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | at a great distance |
Synonyms: |
a good way, a long way, afar, bit, deep, distant, end of rainbow, far piece, far-flung, far-off, far-removed, faraway, good ways, long, middle of nowhere, miles, out-of-the-way, outlying, piece, remote, removed, stone's throw, ways |
Antonyms: |
close, 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 |
| Main Entry: | wilderness/wilds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uninhabited area |
Synonyms: |
back country, back of beyond, badland, barrens, boondocks, bush, desert, forest, hinterland, jungle, middle of nowhere, outback, primeval forest, sticks, waste, wasteland, wild |
Antonyms: |
city, metropolis |
| Main Entry: | country |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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