backwoods

[bak-woo dz] /ˈbækˈwʊdz/

noun

(often used with a singular verb) wooded or partially uncleared and unsettled districts.

any remote or isolated area.

adjective, Also, backwood, backwoodsy

of or pertaining to the backwoods.

unsophisticated; uncouth.

Origin

1700-10, Americanism; back¹ + woods

Synonyms

2. hinterland, provinces, wilds, woodland; sticks, boondocks, boonies, bush, backwater.

Examples from the web for backwoods

backwoods immediately begat backwoodsman and was itself turned into a common adjective.
He spun wild tales of his supposed poverty and backwoods ways, once claiming to have resorted to eating roadkill to survive.
Then reports started to come in from poor backwoods areas showing that consumers there were buying luxury goods.
The property features a rustic, backwoods country look, with maple paneling and mounted moose heads in the billiards room.
They drove him to a deserted corner of the backwoods and, after a struggle, chained him to the truck by his ankles.
Johnny kills the agent in this backwoods crime drama.
He fancied himself as a bit polished, a cosmopolite who happened to be stranded in a backwoods village.
Soon, the backwoods agrarian character changed to an early industrial base.
The backwoods trails are maintained but may be blocked by fallen trees or debris washed in during floods.
Many have been forgotten except by backwoods people.

British Dictionary definitions for backwoods

/ˈbækwʊdz/

plural noun

(mainly US & Canadian) partially cleared, sparsely populated forests

any remote sparsely populated place

(modifier) of, from, or like the backwoods

(modifier) uncouth; rustic