Tom lives in a backwater area.
Source: tatoeba (1517830)
Backwater
Synonyms for "backwater" (178 found)
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67 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παλίρροια noun (the water held back by a dam or other obstruction)
Armenian
2 entries- խուլ տեղ noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- ծայրագավառ noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 窮鄉僻壤 /穷乡僻壤 noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Dutch
1 entries- gat noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Estonian
1 entries- lodu noun (the water held back by a dam or other obstruction)
Finnish
4 entries- huopaus noun (a rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat)
- padon pidättelemä vesi noun (the water held back by a dam or other obstruction)
- takapajula noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- epäröidä verb (to vacillate on a long-held position)
French
4 entries- patelin noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- trou perdu noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- abandonner verb (to vacillate on a long-held position)
- lâcher prise verb (to vacillate on a long-held position)
Galician
2 entries- relanzo noun (the water held back by a dam or other obstruction)
- cear verb (To row or paddle a backwater stroke)
German
2 entries- Dorf noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- Kaff noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Hungarian
2 entries- porfészek noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- visszaduzzasztás noun (the water held back by a dam or other obstruction)
Icelandic
1 entries- útskækill noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Irish
1 entries- cúlaigh verb (To row or paddle a backwater stroke)
Italian
1 entries- acqua di invaso noun (the water held back by a dam or other obstruction)
Japanese
3 entries- 僻地 noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- 奥地 noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- 辺境 noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Kannada
1 entries- ಹಿನ್ನೀರು noun (the water held back by a dam or other obstruction)
Macedonian
3 entries- за́стој noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- по́тпор noun (the water held back by a dam or other obstruction)
- пусте́лија noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Malay
1 entries- negeri antah-berantah noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Māori
2 entries- auhoki noun (the water held back by a dam or other obstruction)
- muriwai noun (the water held back by a dam or other obstruction)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- avkrok noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- hamle verb (To row or paddle a backwater stroke)
- skåte verb (To row or paddle a backwater stroke)
Polish
4 entries- cofka noun (a rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat)
- prowincja noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- rozlewisko noun (the water held back by a dam or other obstruction)
- zaścianek noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Portuguese
1 entries- cafundó noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Russian
4 entries- глуби́нка noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- глушь noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- гребок m навстре́чу noun (a rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat)
- за́водь noun (the water held back by a dam or other obstruction)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- мртво море noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Spanish
4 entries- poblacho (despective) noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- pueblucho noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- villorrio (despective) noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- ciar verb (To row or paddle a backwater stroke)
Swedish
2 entries- ankdamm noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- avkrok noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Ukrainian
3 entries- звідкілясь noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- хтозна-звідки noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- чортзна-де noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Uzbek
2 entries- olon noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
- olong noun (a remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Tom and Mary live in a backwater part of the country.
Source: tatoeba (1517831)
After his successes in America, the boss put him in a backwater for fear of being overtaken by him.
Source: tatoeba (3972167)
A slough is a swamp or shallow lake system, usually a backwater to a larger body of water.
Source: tatoeba (6708714)
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