outback

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

Etymology

From out + back.

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