backwash[noun]Synonyms: frontier, backcountry, backland, backwater, backwoods, boondocks, bush, hinterland, sticks, up-country
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
back‧wash /ˈbækwɒʃ $ -wɒːʃ, -wɑːʃ/
noun [uncountable]1. a backward flow of water, caused by an
oar, wave etc
2. the bad situation that remains after something bad has happened:
the backwash of the company’s failure [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲