backwood
Isolated rural area
Backwood describes remote, heavily forested, or rural areas far from cities and their influences.
Usually plural: the backwoods of Maine.
The term often carries connotations of isolation, rusticity, or unsophistication: a backwoods town, backwoods politics.
Someone described as backwoods is thought to be provincial or unrefined.
Tree-dense ecosystem
- untamedNot domesticated
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- underbrushDense low forest vegetation
- canopyOverhead protective covering
foliage · trees · thicket · timberland · brush · scrubland · outback · bushland
Separated from others
- secludedSet apart, private
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
- farawayAt great distance
- hiddenKept out of sight
outlying · distant · fringe · peripheral · unreachable · sequestered · cut-off · forgotten
Not fully formed
- uncivilizedLacking social graces
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
uneducated · uncultured · rough · rugged · premodern · antiquated · hillbilly · redneck
Of the countryside
- countrySovereign state or territory
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
simple · homespun · provincial · folksy · old-fashioned · traditional · quaint · pastoral
forest
Tree-dense ecosystem
- untamedNot domesticated
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- underbrushDense low forest vegetation
canopy · foliage · trees · thicket · timberland · brush · scrubland · outback · bushland · uncharted
isolated
Separated from others
- secludedSet apart, private
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
- farawayAt great distance
hidden · outlying · distant · fringe · peripheral · unreachable · sequestered · cut-off · forgotten · uninhabited
undeveloped
Not fully formed
- uncivilizedLacking social graces
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
unsophisticated · uneducated · uncultured · rough · rugged · premodern · antiquated · hillbilly · redneck · yokel
rural
Of the countryside
- countrySovereign state or territory
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
cabin · simple · homespun · provincial · folksy · old-fashioned · traditional · quaint · pastoral · down-home
backwoodmetropolitan
Of a major city
urban · city · cosmopolitan · suburban · downtown
backwoodcosmopolitan
Culturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
sophisticated · urbane · worldly · cultured · refined
backwoodcentral
In the middle, primary
accessible · mainstream · well-connected · hub · heartland
- backwoods horrorFrightening tales from remote areas