outback
Noun · AdjectiveUS[out-bak]/ˈaʊtˌbæk/2 syllables
Synonyms:
remote
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the bush country of the interior of AustraliaType of bushExamples Never Never, Never-NeverPart of Australian Desert, Great Australian Desert
Adjective (1)
- inaccessible and sparsely populatedSynonyms: remoteOpposite accessibleSimilar inaccessible, unaccessible
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
outback noun
The remote bush country of Australia; as, they hunted kangaroo in the outback. Australian
outback adjective
same as out-of-the-way. prenominal Syn. — backwoods(prenominal), out-of-the-way, remote.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5