backwoods

About 0.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
2. noun A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
3. adjective Pertaining to the backwoods.
4. adjective Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.

Similar words

outback back country hinterland remote inaccessible unaccessible boondocks woods hinterlands forest

Often followed by

of and life utopias people to preacher country town

Word family

backwoodsier backwoodsiest backwoodsy