All hinterland synonyms
hin·ter·land
H h noun hinterland
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- outback — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- 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.
- frontier — the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
- woods — the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
- brush — A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
- wasteland — land that is uncultivated or barren.
- borderland — The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
- sticks — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
- environs — The surrounding area or district.
- surroundings — something that surrounds.
- vicinity — the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood: There are no stores in the vicinity of our house.
- neighbourhood — Standard spelling of neighborhood.
- neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- boonies — The boonies are the same as the boondocks.
adjective hinterland
- backland — undeveloped land behind a developed property
- upcountry — of, relating to, residing in, or situated in the interior of a region or country; inland.
- midland — a city in W Texas.
- back country — The back country is an area that is a long way from any city and has very few people living in it.
- inland — pertaining to or situated in the interior part of a country or region: inland cities.
- heartland — the part of a region considered essential to the viability and survival of the whole, especially a central land area relatively invulnerable to attack and capable of economic and political self-sufficiency.