Preposition: that

• outsider: With books and backwaters that outsiders im still in.

Converse of object

• explore: Explore undeveloped backwaters and sleepy villages off the beaten tourist track, and find a deserted beach you can have all to yourselves.

• remain: During the occupation, the Island remained a rural backwater.

• become: The evidence suggests that the EU is set to become an economic backwater.

• consider: Until recently, Estonia was considered an economic backwater.

• call: The message was not proclaimed in a palace nor even the Temple in Jerusalem - but in a backwater called Nazareth.

Adjective modifier

• sleepy: However, don't be mistaken for thinking that it is a sleepy backwater - far from it.

• tranquil: Nowadays it is a tranquil backwater offering fine views of the river.

• provincial: The location is switched from a provincial backwater of Imperial Russia to a far-flung outpost of the British Empire, Trinidad.

• quiet: The house, situated in a quiet backwater of the village, two hundred yards from the river Lot.

• rural: Ireland was once a rural backwater on the edge of Europe.

• peaceful: Nearly 170 years ago the normally peaceful backwater of South West Wales was rocked by a series of disturbances.

Preposition: on

• edge: Ireland was once a rural backwater on the edge of Europe.

Modifies a noun

• planet: I would be even more famous on Earth, where all policy is made, than in this backwater planet of Bruken.

• town: This was at Nagano, north of Tokyo, a backwater town artfully developed by Tsutsumi Yoshiaki in time for the 1998 Winter Olympics.

• trip: Popular Marco Island holiday excursions include island tours, offshore and backwater fishing trips and visits to the famous Everglades National Park.

• fishing: Popular Marco Island holiday excursions include island tours, offshore and backwater fishing trips and visits to the famous Everglades National Park.

Preposition: of

• river: Barnwell Country Park, on the outskirts of Oundle, sits in a peaceful backwater of the river Nene.

Noun used with modifier

• river: Birds leave the slow moving river backwaters and streams and tend to move nearer to the coast for the winter.

• country: In a quiet country backwater, something evil is afoot.