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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | forests; land distant from settled area |
| Synonyms: | backcountry, boondocks, frontier, hinterland, interior, isolation, outback, rural area, sticks, terra incognita, timberland, woodland |
| Main Entry: | isolated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unique; private |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, abnormal, alone, anomalous, apart, backwoods, confined, deserted, detached, exceptional, far-out, forsaken, hidden, incommunicado, lonely, lonesome, off beaten track, out-of-the-way, outlying, random, remote, retired, screened, secluded, segregated, sequestered, single, solitary, special, stranded, unaccompanied, unfrequented, unrelated, untypical, unusual, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | included, incorporated, mingling, public |
| Main Entry: | outlying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in rural area; remote |
| Synonyms: | afar, backwoods, distant, external, far-flung, far-off, faraway, off-lying, out-of-the-way, outer, peripheral, provincial, removed |
| Antonyms: | central, inner, middle |
| Main Entry: | out of the way |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secluded |
| Synonyms: | backwoods, distant, far-flung, faraway, godforsaken, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, obscure, off the beaten track, outer, outermost, outlying, peripheral, remote, sequestered |
| Antonyms: | accessible, handy, near |
| Main Entry: | remote |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out-of-the-way; in the distance |
| Synonyms: | alien, back, backwoods, beyond, boondocks, devious, distant, far, far-flung, far-off, faraway, foreign, frontier, god-knows-where, godforsaken, in a backwater, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, lonesome, middle of nowhere, obscure, off the beaten path, off-lying, outlandish, outlying, private, removed, retired, secluded, secret, undiscovered, unknown, unsettled, wild |
| Antonyms: | close, convenient, near, nearby |
| Main Entry: | rural |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | country, not urban |
| Synonyms: | Arcadian, agrarian, agricultural, agronomic, backwoods, bucolic, countrified, farm, georgic, idyllic, natural, outland, pastoral, provincial, ranch, rustic, rustical, simple, sylvan, unsophisticated |
| Antonyms: | city, metropolitan, suburban, urban |
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