Synonyms for the sticks
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Noun
1. Back of beyond — A remote, rural area; a place that is removed from civilization such as the boondocks
back of beyond informal UK AU IE, sticks, middle of nowhere, hinterland, backwoods, boondock US, boonies slang informal US
Definitions
- n. 1
A remote, rural area; a place that is removed from civilization such as the boondocks.
She grew up in the sticks and later moved to the city.
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.
- backwoods These people are from the backwoods.
By length
- 6 letters
- sticks1
- 7 letters
- boonies
- 8 letters
- boondock
- 9 letters
- backwoods2
- 10 letters
- hinterland3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (backwoods2 = 2 syllables).