outback

Meaning

Noun

The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.

Adj

Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas.

Adv

To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia.

Verb

To travel or stay in the outback

Synonyms

bush

the bush

hinterland

plain

remote

far-flung

veldt

jungle

out-of-the-way

wilderness

bushland

removed

savanna

savannah

veld

distant

far

faraway

Translations

brousse

distante

Outback

outback

outback

Busch

Dschungel

Hinterland

Urwald

im Hinterland

arrière-pays

campagne

aux champs

intérieur du pays

selva

Etymology

From out + back.