the boonies
Far from civilization
The boonies is informal for a remote, rural, or undeveloped area far from cities and conveniences—the middle of nowhere: We got lost somewhere out in the boonies.
Short for boondocks, which comes from a Tagalog word for mountain.
The term often carries mild condescension, implying backwardness or isolation: He grew up in the boonies.
- secludedSet apart, private
- remoteDistant or controller
- sticksSlender wood pieces
- backwoodsRemote, undeveloped rural area
- back roadsMinor rural thoroughfares
hinterland · desolate · rural · dirt roads · nowhere · wilderness · forgotten · outback · pastoral · middle of nowhere · provincial · countryside · isolation · small-town life · homesteading · rusticity · flyover country · untouched
the booniesdowntown
Central business district
metropolitan area · urban center · suburbia · city center · town center
the booniesthe hub
Central connecting point
Main Street · Times Square · central location · prime location · downtown
the booniescivilization
Advanced organized human society
the hub · cultural capital · the bright lights · high society