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backwoods

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nounadjective
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As a noun, backwoods means partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America. As an adjective, it means pertaining to the backwoods.

Meanings of backwoods

5 meanings

noun

  1. Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.

  2. A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.

  3. A remote and undeveloped arealocation

    Similar: back country, boondocks, hinterland

adjective

  1. Pertaining to the backwoods.

  2. Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a remote and undeveloped area
back countryboondockshinterland

Words that rhyme with backwoods

woodsgoodshoods

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