outback

noun

out·​back ˈau̇t-ˈbak 

-ˌbak

: isolated rural country especially of Australia

Synonyms of outback

• countryside
• bush
• backwoods
• frontier
• hinterland
• country
• backcountry
• backwater
• up-country
• outlands

Examples of outback in a Sentence

people who live in the Australian outback tend to be self-sufficient

Recent Examples on the Web

Once the work is complete, the capsule reenters the atmosphere at some 18,000 miles per hour, parachuting down with a bump in the Australian outback. —Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 15 May 2026

The Deb dispute is playing out across different fronts in Los Angeles and Australia, overshadowing the feel-good movie about outback teens attending a debutante ball. —Jake Kanter, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026

The changes bring a bit of the Australian outback to the zoo for koalas, which are an endangered species. —Cody Jackson, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026

On Wednesday, April 23, the star, 50, exclusively opened up to PEOPLE about the filming process of her new Netflix action thriller Apex, which is set in the Australian outback, at the movie's NYC premiere. —Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing outback

• the outback

Rhymes for outback

• aback
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback
• cutback