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boonies

boon·ies
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [boo-neez]
    • /ˈbu niz/
    • /bˈuːniz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [boo-neez]
    • /ˈbu niz/

Definitions of boonies word

  • noun plural boonies The boonies are the same as the boondocks. 3
  • noun plural boonies boondocks; hinterland 3
  • noun boonies Informal. boondocks. 1

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Parts of speech for Boonies

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boonies popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for boonies

noun boonies

  • province — an administrative division or unit of a country.
  • woods — the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
  • boondocks — If you say that someone lives in the boondocks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities.
  • wilderness — a wooded area in NE Virginia: several battles fought here in 1864 between armies of Grant and Lee.
  • countryside — The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities.

Antonyms for boonies

noun boonies

  • city — The City is the part of London where many important financial institutions have their main offices. People often refer to these financial institutions as the City.
  • metropolis — any large, busy city.
  • urbanity — the quality of being urbane; refined courtesy or politeness; suavity: He was the last word in urbanity.
  • sky — the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth: airplanes in the sky; cloudy skies.

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