backwater English

Meaning backwater meaning

What does backwater mean?

backwater

— noun a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring the country is an economic backwater

— noun a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos

Synonyms backwater synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as backwater?

backwater English » English

hinterland

creek

stagnation

stagnant water

slack tide

sediment

seclusion

rus in urbe

pool

pond

poky hole

hicksville

god forsaken hole

god forsaken dump

estuary

deposit

dead-and-alive hole

cove

bay

back-water

back country

abandoned

Hicksville

Topics backwater topics

What do people use backwater to talk about?

Universe, creation Water Bodies of water

River

• What are the parts of a river?
  source head headwaters mouth upstream downstream bend whirlpool eddy river bottom riverbed backwater narrows oxbow

States Big Distance

Far

• What words describe a place that is far away from where most people go?
  remote isolated out of the way off the beaten track secluded miles from anywhere in the middle of nowhere way out backwater backcountry boondocks boonies hicks out in the sticks