ends of the earth
ends of the earth noun: a very remote place.
Noun
ends of the earth pl (plural only)
- A very remote place.
- Synonyms:
- end of the world, Isolated town, bump in the road, jerkwater, jerk-water, jerkwater town, one-horse town, wide spot in the road, Isolated place, arse end of nowhere
- Distant land.
- Extremities of the land.
Synonyms of ends of the earth
- end of the world
- Isolated town
- bump in the road
- jerkwater
- jerk-water
- jerkwater town
- one-horse town
- wide spot in the road
- Isolated place
- arse end of nowhere
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- back of beyond
- back forty
- backcountry
- backwater
- backwoods
- provinces
- beyond the black stump
- boondock
- boondocks
- boonies
- bumfuck nowhere
- dullsville
- edge of the earth
- edge of the world
- ends of the world
- hinterland
- middle of nowhere
- north forty
- off the beaten track
- out of the way
- sticks
- the sticks
- Actual places
- back o' Bourke
- Outer Mongolia
- Timbuktu
- Tuktoyaktuk
- Fictional places
- Anytown
- BFE
Words formed from ends of the earth
Questions about ends of the earth
- What does ends of the earth mean?
- Ends of the earth means a very remote place.
- What part of speech is ends of the earth?
- Ends of the earth is a noun.
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