Synonyms of backyards

backyards

noun

plural of backyard

as in vicinities

an adjoining region or space

shocked to learn that the wind farm would be right in our own backyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vicinities
• neighborhoods
• environments
• environs
• surroundings
• purlieus
• vicinages
• surrounds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of backyards

One backyard might tell you who is hogging the sunflower seeds, but thousands of backyards observed over decades can tell scientists much more. — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

The most pivotal scenes take place in parking lots, backyards, drab police-station hallways — spaces characterized by their mundanity. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026

The backyards of several homes on Sunny View Road in Bel Air now look more like construction zones. — Ashley Paul, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Now scientists are fighting back with AI, including building tools to catch an aggressive 5-foot lizard that’s been known to wander into backyards and chase down family pets. — Laurie Mermet, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026

In parks, in backyards, in woods that are lovely, dark, and deep, a many-legged menace now stalks the land. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026

Many of them wound up in the backyards of San Jose homes, while others became conversation pieces in the lobbies of San Jose businesses. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026

Tom Holland’s Peter has a favorite bodega, chases bad guys through backyards, and struggles to mix superhero-ing with the academic decathlon. — Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Aug. 2026

The suspect fled on a bike through nearby backyards in an attempt to get away before officers contacted him in the street, Patterson said. — ABC News, 22 July 2026