BACKWOODSMEN Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

backwoodsmen

noun

plural of backwoodsman

as in mountaineers

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Only, perhaps, a constitutional aversion to thinking ill of mountaineers.

— William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Built in 1879 by enterprising townsfolk, the Zermatterhof has been welcoming royalty, celebrities, and intrepid mountaineers for nearly a century and a half.

— Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026

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Ong cited case studies by the neuropsychologist Alexander Luria, who traveled to remote villages in Uzbekistan and Kirghizia in the 1930s, when peasants were starting to receive rudimentary reading and writing instruction.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Andrei has taken up farming, and Miles eagerly joins him, hoping that the backbreaking work of scything will enhance his understanding of the Russian peasants he’s supposed to be writing about.

— Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2026

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