Synonyms of the sticks
61 similar words
Another word for the sticks is backwoods. Other synonyms of the sticks are boonies, boondocks, hinterland, middle of nowhere and Isolated town.
Synonyms and similar words for the sticks
nounA remote, rural area; a place that is removed from civilization such as the boondocks.
- backwoods
- booniesBoondocks.
- boondocks
- hinterlandA remote or undeveloped area.
- middle of nowhereA very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.
- 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.
- backwaterA remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that...
- 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
- 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.
- north forty US
- off the beaten trackIn or to a place or places not commonly visited.
- out of the way
- sticks
- 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 AustraliaAn extremely remote area, the middle of nowhere.
- bumfuck middle of nowhere rare, vulgarSynonym of bumfuck nowhere.
nounThe set of yardage markers used by a chain crew to indicate the ten yards between the line of...
- the chains
- the yardsticks
Meaning of the sticks
- noun A remote, rural area; a place that is removed from civilization such as the boondocks.
- noun The set of yardage markers used by a chain crew to indicate the ten yards between the line of scrimmage from the previous first down and the line to gain, which the offense must reach in their series of four downs in order to retain possession of the ball.
Questions about synonyms of the sticks
- What is another word for the sticks?
- The sticks has 61 synonyms on Word.ws, such as backwoods, boonies, boondocks, hinterland, middle of nowhere, Isolated town, bump in the road and jerkwater.
- What does the sticks mean?
- The sticks means a remote, rural area; a place that is removed from civilization such as the boondocks.
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