[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

backwoods \back"woods"\, n. pl. back, a. + woods.
   the forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

backwoods
     adj : inaccessible and sparsely populated syn: backwoodsa, outbacka,
            remote
     n : a remote and undeveloped area syn: back country, boondocks,
          hinterland
see also:
backwoodsa outbacka remote back country boondocks hinterland 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

39 moby thesaurus words for "backwoods":
   back, back country, back of beyond, back-country, backcountry,
   backwash, backwater, backwood, backwoodsy, boondock, boondocks,
   borderland, brush, bush, bush country, bushveld, forests, frontier,
   hinterland, outback, outpost, sticks, sylvan, the bush, timbers,
   uninhabited region, up-country, virgin, virgin land,
   virgin territory, waste, wasteland, wild, wild west, wilderness,
   wilds, woodland, woodlands, woods

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