backwater
[noun]
Synonyms: frontier, backcountry, backland, backwash, backwoods, boondocks, bush, hinterland, sticks, up-country
[verb]
Synonyms: back down, back off, back out, backpedal, crawfish (out), cry off, declare off, renege, resile, welsh

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Related Words: dodge, duck, elude, evade, get around, shirk, sidestep

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

back‧wa‧ter /ˈbækwɔːtə $ -wɒːtər, -wɑː-/ noun [countable]

1. a very quiet place not influenced by outside events or new ideas – used to show disapproval:
a rural backwater

2. a part of a river away from the main part, where the water does not move

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