Definition for Backwater:

• any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress

Synonyms for Backwater:

• n.

  •bayou (noun)
  • stream,
  • river,
  • outlet,
  • creek,
  • brook.
  •frontier (noun)
  • boonies,
  • backwoods,
  • backwaters,
  • backcountry,
  • sticks,
  • unknowns,
  • boondocks,
  • outback,
  • outskirt,
  • unknown,
  • outskirts.
  •location (noun)
  • backwater.

• v.

  •rescind (verb)
  • weasel out,
  • back out of,
  • crawl out of,
  • annul,
  • countermand,
  • lift,
  • abolish,
  • abrogate,
  • call off,
  • set aside,
  • cancel,
  • repeal,
  • recall,
  • scrub,
  • nix,
  • quash,
  • remove,
  • void,
  • invalidate,
  • pull the plug,
  • forget,
  • x-out,
  • dismantle,
  • overturn,
  • wangle out.
  •slow (verb)
  • choke,
  • curtail,
  • reduce speed,
  • regulate,
  • bog down,
  • retardate,
  • postpone,
  • temper,
  • keep waiting,
  • stall,
  • mire,
  • quiet,
  • reduce,
  • lessen,
  • qualify,
  • let down flaps,
  • cut back,
  • cut down,
  • procrastinate,
  • hit the brakes,
  • diminish,
  • decrease,
  • lose steam,
  • anchor it,
  • hinder,
  • wind down,
  • embog,
  • abate,
  • handicap,
  • stunt,
  • lag,
  • Back-water,
  • loiter.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • the outback,
  • estuary,
  • national park,
  • living death,
  • the sticks,
  • weir,
  • hinterland,
  • riverbed,
  • motor park,
  • firth,
  • back country,
  • the Never-never,
  • waterfall,
  • the boonies,
  • bedroom community,
  • floodgate,
  • open water,
  • the boondocks,
  • white water,
  • midstream,
  • countryside,
  • shallows,
  • ford,
  • bight,
  • headwaters,
  • whirlpool,
  • RAPIDS.
  •
  • wasteland,
  • crosscurrent,
  • confluence,
  • cataract,
  • bush.
  •
  • yawn,
  • rut,
  • fork,
  • cascade,
  • bottom.
  •
  • bed,
  • bore,
  • desert,
  • park,
  • country,
  • mouth,
  • source.
  •
  • channel.
  •
  • lock,
  • branch.
  •
  • head.
  •
  • fall.
  •rescind
  • pulling the plug,
  • over turn,
  • nixing,
  • setting aside.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hold back,
  • throttle,
  • crawfish,
  • back,
  • keep back,
  • climb down,
  • fall back,
  • slow up,
  • restoration,
  • regurgitation,
  • countercurrent,
  • land,
  • arrest,
  • retort,
  • ease up,
  • slack off,
  • laze,
  • maelstrom,
  • draw back,
  • renounce,
  • brake,
  • swirl,
  • standstill,
  • recompense,
  • detain,
  • crawl,
  • pond,
  • turn back,
  • doldrums,
  • district,
  • ebb,
  • rein,
  • relax,
  • forswear,
  • take back,
  • eat crow,
  • go back,
  • proceeds,
  • reflux,
  • impede,
  • back stream,
  • flip-flop,
  • puddle,
  • shrink,
  • lagoon,
  • back off,
  • field,
  • back up,
  • Retrocede,
  • vortex,
  • stick,
  • reward,
  • stay,
  • renegue,
  • slack up,
  • put about,
  • backflow,
  • Refluence,
  • slow,
  • retract,
  • dodge,
  • revoke,
  • elude,
  • rein in,
  • back down,
  • put back,
  • repudiate,
  • stagnant water,
  • hark back,
  • hold up,
  • withdraw,
  • resile,
  • morass,
  • lose speed,
  • volte-face,
  • come back,
  • sidestep,
  • jib,
  • renege,
  • disallow,
  • retire,
  • pool,
  • Regrade,
  • reply,
  • recede,
  • back away,
  • ease off,
  • backpedal,
  • evade,
  • Afflux,
  • shirk,
  • retreat,
  • double,
  • outlands,
  • restitution,
  • go into reverse,
  • check,
  • slacken,
  • decline,
  • back out,
  • counterflow,
  • stalemate,
  • lose ground,
  • gulf,
  • retrograde,
  • unsay,
  • curb,
  • area,
  • stagnate,
  • get around,
  • return,
  • yield,
  • balk,
  • disavow,
  • retard,
  • backland,
  • swallow,
  • slow down,
  • domain,
  • get back,
  • set back,
  • obstruct,
  • deny,
  • backtrail,
  • delay,
  • shy,
  • reverse,
  • eat humble pie,
  • let down,
  • fen,
  • whirl,
  • up-country,
  • income,
  • disown,
  • backwash,
  • refund,
  • twirl,
  • clip the wings,
  • marsh,
  • eddy,
  • draw rein,
  • decelerate,
  • revert,
  • Gurge,
  • welsh,
  • recant,
  • regurgitate,
  • run back,
  • revenue,
  • rebound,
  • duck,
  • disclaim,
  • temporary pool,
  • stagnation,
  • moderate,
  • crawfish out,
  • wane,
  • abjure,
  • countermarch,
  • backtrack,
  • reef,
  • give back,
  • deadlock,
  • wheel,
  • cry off.

Paraphrases for Backwater:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    eddy, stir, wash.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    whirlpool, turmoil.

Antonyms for Backwater:

• n.

  • frontier
    metropolis.

• v.

  • rescind
    uphold, enforce, keep, legalize, institute, permit, approve, enact, ratify, sanction, allow, establish, validate, support.
  • slow
    strengthen, help, agitate, excite, facilitate, liberate, extend, prolong, forward, accelerate, expedite, release, further, enlarge, lengthen, expand, assist, develop, aid, DO, encourage, increase, push, grow, advance, raise.

Backwater Sentence Examples:

• Here, pull hard starboard, backwater port!

• Or have we chanced upon an eddy in a backwater, opposed to the main stream of advance?

Homophones for Backwater:

• Bestower, beech tree, baby-sitter, back door, baby buster, basketeer, bookstore, baster, begetter, buckwheat tree, bog aster, bestrew, booster, bestir, big sister, bog star, Bay Stater, buster, bister, beach aster, backscatter, backstair, boaster, babysitter, basketry, bushy aster, bass guitar, basseterre, bacteria, bistro, bustier, bestiary, big tree, beach heather, bigotry, bistre, backdoor.

Hyponym for Backwater:

• n.

  • location
    region.
  • object
    water, body of water.