Synonyms for hinterland
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Noun
1. Backwoods — A remote or undeveloped area
backwoods, back country, back of beyond informal UK AU IE, back water, back block, sticks, the sticks, boondock US
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Definitions
- n. 1
A remote or undeveloped area.
Forms
- Plural
- hinterlands → boondocks, interiors, shadows, shadowlands…
Example sentences
- backwoods These people are from the backwoods.
- shadow There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.
- surrounds I feel at home whenever the unknown surrounds me.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hinterland | steady | |
| backwoods | steady | |
| shadow | rising | |
| surrounds | rising | |
| upcountry | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- shadow2, sticks1
- 8 letters
- interior4, boondock
- 9 letters
- surrounds2, backwoods2, upcountry
- 10 letters
- shadowland3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shadow2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- arrière-pays
- Italiano
- retroterra
- Deutsch
- Hinterland