BACKWATER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BACKWATER?

Need another word that means the same as “backwater”? Find 4 synonyms and 30 related words for “backwater” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Backwater” are: quiet, country, rustic, backwoods

Backwater as a Noun

Definitions of "Backwater" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “backwater” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam.
• A part of a river not reached by the current, where the water is stagnant.
• A place or situation in which no development or progress is taking place.
• An isolated or peaceful place.
• A place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring.

Synonyms of "Backwater" as a noun (4 Words)

backwoods	A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially one considered backward. He drawls and stutters with a backwoods twang.
country	The people who live in a nation or country. A tract of wild country.
quiet	A peaceful or settled state of affairs in social or political life. The street was quiet.
rustic	A small brownish European moth. They paused to watch the rustics dance and carouse.

Usage Examples of "Backwater" as a noun

• The country is an economic backwater.
• Nothing spoils the tranquillity of this quiet backwater.
• The eels inhabit backwaters.
• The country remained an economic backwater.
• The bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos.

Associations of "Backwater" (30 Words)

after	At a later or future time afterwards. The week after I was back at school.
backward	At or to or toward the back or rear. Tripped when he stepped backward.
behind	A kick that sends the ball over a behind line or a touch that sends it between the inner posts scoring one point. England were still 382 runs behind.
brook	Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. The Lake District boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks.
crayfish	Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster.
creek	A stream or minor tributary of a river. The creek dried up every summer.
dorsal	Facing away from the axis of an organ or organism. A dorsal view of the body.
fin	Propel oneself through the water in a finning motion. We finned along the side of the wreck.
flipper	A pivoted arm in a pinball machine, controlled by the player and used for sending the ball back up the table.
gully	A fielder at gully. He was caught in the gully by Jones.
inferiority	An inferior quality. His sense of failure adds to his feelings of inferiority.
lag	Cover with lagging to prevent heat loss. Lag pipes.
little	Used in names of animals and plants that are smaller than related kinds e g little grebe. A little or small group.
lobster	Catch lobsters. A heavily built man with a lobster nose.
loch	An arm of the sea, especially when narrow or partially landlocked. Loch Lomond.
medial	Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle. A medial ligament.
narrow	A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water. The trade surplus narrowed to 70 m in January.
planet	Astronomy any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun viewed from the constellation Hercules all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction. No generation has the right to pollute the planet.
pond	Hold back or dam up flowing water or another liquid to form a pond. He s relatively unknown on this side of the pond.
posterior	Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth. The mood posterior to.
puddle	Line a hole with puddle. Puddle iron.
rear	Located in or toward the back or rear. Cars with safety belts fitted in the rear.
regressive	(of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases. Indirect taxes are as a group regressive.
subsequent	(of a stream or valley) having a direction or character determined by the resistance to erosion of the underlying rock, and typically following the strike of the strata. Subsequent developments.
tail	A thing resembling an animal s tail in its shape or position typically extending downwards or outwards at the end of something. The eight main chapters are topped and tailed with an introduction and an epilogue.
tarn	A small mountain lake. Malham Tarn.
ulterior	Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote- G.B.Shaw. A suggestion ulterior to the present discussion.
underneath	Partly or wholly concealed by a garment. A wart on the underneath of his foot.
ventral	Nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism. The ventral aspect of the human body.
wiggle	A deviation in a line. Vi wiggled her toes.