All backwater synonyms
back·wa·ter
B b verb backwater
- qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- brake — Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.
- reef — a part of a sail that is rolled and tied down to reduce the area exposed to the wind.
- loiter — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- stunt — to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.
- postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- regulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- check — Check is also a noun.
- call off — If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
- pull the plug — If someone in a position of power pulls the plug on a project or on someone's activities, they use their power to stop them continuing.
- weasel out — any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
- bog down — If a plan or process bogs down or if something bogs it down, it is delayed and no progress is made.
- cut back — If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it.
- cut down — If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it.
- hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- set back — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- ease off — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- ease up — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- rein in — control, restrain
- retardate — someone who is retarded in some way, as educationally or mentally; retardee.
- wind down — the act of winding.
- backpedal — to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle, as to brake
- delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
noun backwater
- boondocks — If you say that someone lives in the boondocks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities.
- outskirts — Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
- unknown — not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar.
- outback — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- backwoods — If you refer to an area as the backwoods, you mean that it is a long way from large towns and is isolated from modern life.
- bush — A bush is a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches.
- hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
- boonies — The boonies are the same as the boondocks.
- unexplored — to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery: to explore the island.
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland