Definitions for backwoods

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. backwoods, back country, boondocks, hinterland(noun)

    a remote and undeveloped area

Wiktionary

  1. backwoods(Noun)

    Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.

  2. backwoods(Noun)

    A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.

  3. backwoods(Adjective)

    Pertaining to the backwoods.

  4. backwoods(Adjective)

    Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Backwoods(u)

    the forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers


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