Synonyms of hinterland
62 similar words
Another word for hinterland is provinces. Other synonyms of hinterland are backcountry, Nowhere, Iowa, Idaho and interior.
Synonyms and similar words for hinterland
nounA remote or undeveloped area.
- backwaterA remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that...
- sticks
- Isolated town
- bump in the road
- jerkwater
- jerk-waterA branch line train, using light equipment.
- jerkwater townA small town with minimal facilities and conveniences.
- one-horse townA very small town, especially one of a rural nature and offering very few or no attractions.
- wide spot in the roadA very small and insignificant town or village.
- Isolated place
- arse end of nowhereA very remote place.
- back of beyondA very remote place.
- back forty US
- backcountryA remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible.
- backwoods
- provincesThe part of a country outside of the capital, major cities, etc., and regarded as being rustic or parochial; a...
- beyond the black stump AustraliaIn an extremely isolated place, remote from populated areas; in the middle of nowhere. Typically used to refer to...
- boondock US
- boondocks US
- boonies USBoondocks.
- bumfuck nowhere vulgarThe middle of nowhere; a nondescript, isolated, and underdeveloped locale whose precise location may be difficult to...
- dullsville
- edge of the earthA very remote place.
- edge of the worldA very remote place.
- ends of the earthA very remote place.
- ends of the worldA very remote place.
- middle of nowhereA very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.
- north forty US
- off the beaten trackIn or to a place or places not commonly visited.
- out of the way
- the sticksA remote, rural area; a place that is removed from civilization such as the boondocks.
- Actual places
- back o' Bourke Australia
- Outer Mongolia
- Timbuktu
- Tuktoyaktuk
- Fictional places
- Anytown
- BFE
- BumblefuckAn isolated or backward location; the middle of nowhere.
- Bumfuck
- Egypt
- IdahoIn full Idaho potato: a variety of potato grown in Idaho, especially the Russet Burbank.
- IowaOne of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.
- Kansas
- Minnesota
- NowhereNo particular place, noplace.
- Ohio
- ButtfuckAn act of anal intercourse.
- East Bumfuck
- East JesusA fictional remote, backward, inhabited place.
- Hicksville
- NowheresvilleA geographical location that is deemed obscure or unimportant.
- PodunkA member of a Native American people who spoke an Algonquian Quiripi language and lived primarily in modern-day...
- SquedunkAn obscure, unimportant geographical location; Nowheresville.
- WhatevervilleA substitute placename for an inhabited place, a city or town, with an unknown or unspecified name.
- wop-wopsAn out of the way place; the boondocks or backcountry.
- Woop Woop Australia
- bumfuck middle of nowhere rare, vulgarSynonym of bumfuck nowhere.
nounThat which is unknown or unexplored about someone.
nounAn area of land far from the sea.
- interiorThe inside regions of a country, continent, etc., distanced from the borders or coasts.
nounAnything vague or ill-defined, especially something that is ill understood.
- shadowlandA shadowy or borderline area, where normal rules and boundaries do not apply.
Meaning of hinterland
- noun The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
- noun The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port.
- noun A remote or undeveloped area.
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