backcountry

noun

ˈbak-ˌkən-trē How to pronounce backcountry (audio)
Definition of backcountrynext
as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country he took a month's supplies and headed out to the backcountry

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Recent Examples of backcountry And statistically, your chances of getting jumped and mauled by a bear are so low compared to any other real danger in the backcountry. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026 Savvy hikers carry at least 2 to 3 liters of aqua per person for front-country hikes, and 4 or more for backcountry excursions. — Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026 Republicans have argued the rule prevents logging projects to clear out overgrown forests, as well as road construction that would aid firefighters responding to fire starts deep in the backcountry. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The blades fold inward, flat alongside the main generator housing, minimizing the risk of losing small components in the backcountry. — New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for backcountry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backcountry
  1. countryside
  2. frontier
  3. bush
  4. outback
  5. country
  6. backwater
  7. hinterland
Noun
  • What initially appeared to be a simple family vacation may ultimately have marked the beginning of a new chapter for the Sussexes, who are said to have chosen to settle in the Cotswolds, in the heart of the English countryside.
    — Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The festival stayed at the replacement site, and the Iowa countryside became woven into its identity.
    — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of countryside
Noun
  • Earlier this month, Nvidia announced a program to help these types of companies as well as frontier labs access financing from six major financial firms.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Reinforcement learning and post-training have become central to the push to make frontier models better at reasoning, coding, and carrying out multistep tasks.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of frontier
Noun
  • Pyne has juniper bushes and blue spruces growing alongside ponderosa pines.
    — Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Nearby, blueberry bushes cover old foxholes, trenches and deep craters from artillery fire.
    — Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of bush
Noun
  • Sydney Harbor will offer the latter, but eclipse chasers will head to remote areas of the Australian outback for the former.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Broken Hill Those traveling between Sydney and Adelaide will stop at this outback mining town, which has some of the world’s largest silver, lead, and zinc mineral deposits.
    — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
Definition of outback
Noun
  • Some officials argue that would let Iceland keep control of its waters, since no EU country has fished there for decades.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Economic impact of low birth rates Persistently low birth rates could threaten a country’s ability to sustain its economy.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of country
Noun
  • No one predicted the sleepy backwater of Sassnitz would be rebranded ‘Crashnitz’ or ‘Smashnitz’ by the end of the first edition of the German Sail Grand Prix last year.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Few ideas on Wall Street have been better than the reinvention of insurance from stodgy backwater to dealmakers’ playground.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of backwater
Noun
  • In the blizzardy hinterlands, boredom is driving two soldiers mad, and a stranger’s arrival only underscores the futility of the war’s propaganda.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Putin began a neo-imperialist land grab, seizing territory around Russia’s hinterlands.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of hinterland

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“Backcountry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backcountry. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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