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Synonyms for upcountry

  • noun
  • adjective

Most common

highland highlands plateau upland hinterland back block

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Highlands — the part of the country that is at high elevation

highlands, high country, highland, upland, plateau, mesa, tableland

2. Hinterland — the interior of a country

back country, hinterland

Other

back block

Adjective

1. Midland

midland, interior

Other

inland

Antonyms

lowland, bottomland, frontcountry

All antonyms of upcountry →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The interior of a country.

    Near-synonyms: backcountry, hinterland

  2. n. 2

    The part of the country that is at high elevation.

    Near-synonyms: high country, highlands, upland; plateau, tableland, mesa

  3. adj. 1

    Living or situated remote from the seacoast.

Related words

Is a kind of
country land area region place

Example sentences

  • highland Benedito led his billy goat up the rocky path to graze on the highland grass.
  • highlands Algeria's territory is largely made of highlands.
  • plateau There are cinnamon trees on the castle plateau.
  • hinterland Gdansk has the best hinterland connections into Central and Eastern Europe.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
upcountrysteady
highlandfalling
highlandssteady
plateaufalling
uplandfalling
hinterlandsteady

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

By length

4 letters
mesa2
6 letters
inland2, upland2
7 letters
plateau2, midland2
8 letters
interior4, highland2
9 letters
highlands2, tableland
10 letters
hinterland3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mesa2 = 2 syllables).