Definitions

boonies

[boo-neez] / ˈbu niz /

NOUN

backcountry

Synonyms

WEAK

boondocks bush farm hinterlands sticks

NOUN

back country

Synonyms

STRONGEST

outback wilderness

WEAK

back o' beyond back of beyond backwoods boondocks godforsaken place hinterland the boonies the sticks

NOUN

boondocks

Synonyms

STRONG

backwoods bush country hinterland sticks

NOUN

country

Synonyms

STRONGEST

province

STRONG

backwoods boondocks bush countryside farmland farms forests hinterland outback outdoors sticks wilderness wilds woodlands woods

WEAK

back country cow country green belt middle of nowhere up country wide open space

Antonyms

WEAK

city metropolis urbanity

NOUN

countryside

Synonyms

STRONGEST

environment land landscape scenery surroundings terrain

STRONG

country setting sticks

WEAK

back roads non-urban area

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sky

NOUN

frontier

Synonyms

STRONG

backwater backwoods boondocks bush hinterland outback outskirts sticks unknown

WEAK

backcountry

Antonyms

WEAK

metropolis

NOUN

hinterland

Synonyms

STRONGEST

outback

STRONG

boondocks borderland brush frontier sticks wasteland wilderness woods

WEAK

bush country

Antonyms

STRONG

metropolis

NOUN

wilderness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

back country desert forest jungle outback wasteland

STRONG

barrens boondocks bush hinterland sticks waste wild wilds

WEAK

badland no-man's land primeval forest

Antonyms

WEAK

city metropolis

Example Sentences

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Replied Boone: "They're not bunnies, ma'am, they're Boonies."

From Time Magazine Archive

We in the Boonies understand this; we are not stupid.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hearing the lingo of South Viet Nam, the dogfaces, gyrenes and swabbies of World War II would hardly know Dodge City from the Boonies.

From Time Magazine Archive

I type “Henry Underhill, Boonies Medical Clinic” into the navigation system.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

boonies

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