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Synonyms for back water

  • noun

Most common

back country middle of nowhere sticks hinterland overflow

All synonyms

Noun

1. Back country — A remote place, somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of…

back country, sticks, one-horse town US, middle of nowhere, hinterland, backwoods, boondock, jerkwater town US

Other

overflow

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place.

    Near-synonyms: (place) jerkwater town, one-horse town, Podunk; see also Thesaurus:remote place

Related words

Other spellings
back-water backwater

Example sentences

  • sticks When times get hard, let's see who sticks around.
  • hinterland Gdansk has the best hinterland connections into Central and Eastern Europe.
  • overflow Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

By length

6 letters
sticks1
8 letters
overflow3, boondock
9 letters
backwoods2
10 letters
hinterland3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (overflow3 = 3 syllables).