Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun badlands

2 senses of badlands

Sense 1
badlands -- (deeply eroded barren land)
       => land, ground, soil -- (material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil")

Sense 2
Bad Lands, Badlands -- (an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska)
       INSTANCE OF=> badlands -- (deeply eroded barren land)
       INSTANCE OF=> geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region -- (a demarcated area of the Earth)