Antonyms for boonies
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : boo-neez |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbu niz |
Definition of boonies
Origin :- colloquial shortening of boondocks; by 1964, originally among U.S. troops in Vietnam War (in reference to the rural areas of the country, as opposed to Saigon).
- As in back country : noun undeveloped rural area
- As in wilderness : noun forest
- As in backcountry : noun rural area
- As in boondocks : noun back country
- As in country : noun rural area; area away from city
- As in countryside : noun non-city environment
- As in frontier : noun unexplored, unoccupied area of land
- As in hinterland : noun backcountry
- Alan wondered why Kurt was so pleasant with these cops out in the boonies but so hostile to the law in Kensington Market.
- Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow
Synonyms for boonies
- back country
- back o' beyond
- back of beyond
- back roads
- backcountry
- backwater
- backwoods
- badland
- barrens
- boondocks
- boonies
- borderland
- brush
- bush
- bush country
- country
- countryside
- cow country
- desert
- environment
- farm
- farmland
- farms
- forest
- forests
- frontier
- godforsaken place
- green belt
- hinterland
- hinterlands
- jungle
- land
- landscape
- middle of nowhere
- no-man's land
- non-urban area
- outback
- outdoors
- outskirts
- primeval forest
- province
- scenery
- setting
- sticks
- surroundings
- terrain
- the boonies
- the sticks
- unknown
- up country
- waste
- wasteland
- wide open space
- wild
- wilderness
- wilds
- woodlands
- woods
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