the outback

noun

: the part of Australia that is far from cities and where few people live

Examples of the outback in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But, able to work in Australia, Kotcheff helmed the unsettling Wake in Fright, about a schoolteacher (Gary Bond) who gets stranded in the outback and must deal with a group of brutal beer-swillers. —Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025

The moon's shadow will then trace a path of totality across a remote part of the Indian Ocean before a low-setting eclipsed sunset is seen from South Australia and the outback of New South Wales and Queensland. —Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025

Lauren, a dynamic Indigenous lawyer ticking off life goals and Ned, her British husband, move back to the Top End (where the outback meets the tropics) to raise Bub. —Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024

But for Australians, the vineyards, giant jarrah trees, and white-sand beaches are as iconic as the outback. —Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024

Rhymes for the outback

• almanac
• camelback
• cardiac
• carryback
• cluniac
• diamondback
• lumberjack
• maniac
• paperback
• piggyback
• quarterback
• saddleback