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Synonyms for sticks

  • noun

Most common

middle of nowhere the sticks clapper board clapboard outlands

All synonyms

Noun

back water, clapper board, middle of nowhere, clapboard, the sticks, hinterland, outlands, boonies slang informal US

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.

    We had to drive way out into the sticks to visit that customer.

Related words

Phrases
the sticks mud sticks pick-up sticks morning sticks puffy sticks up sticks shit sticks dirt sticks

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
sticksrising
clapboardrising
outlandsrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
boonies
8 letters
outlands
9 letters
clapboard2
10 letters
hinterland3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (clapboard2 = 2 syllables).