'Backwoods' definitions:
Definition of 'backwoods'
(from WordNet)
noun
Definition of 'Backwoods'
From: GCIDE
- Backwoods \Back"woods"\, n. pl. [Back, a. + woods.] The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'backwoods'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- back,
- back country,
- back of beyond,
- back-country,
- backcountry,
- backwash,
- backwater,
- backwood,
- backwoodsy,
- boondock,
- boondocks,
- borderland,
- brush,
- bush,
- bush country,
- bushveld,
- forests,
- frontier,
- hinterland,
- outback,
- outpost,
- sticks,
- sylvan,
- the bush,
- timbers,
- uninhabited region,
- up-country,
- virgin,
- virgin land,
- virgin territory,
- waste,
- wasteland,
- wild,
- wild West,
- wilderness,
- wilds,
- woodland,
- woodlands,
- woods