wilderness

Speech parts

1. wilderness - Noun

2. wilderness - Verb

Meaning

A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind.

A disorderly or neglected place.

Quality or state of being wild; wildness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bush appalachian heath cheviot outback badlands country nature open forest woodland chaparral wilding wild waste

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Antonyms

marsh canton pueblo cola burg bud

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Hypernyms

richness profusion cornucopia disfavor profuseness disfavour

Hyponyms

bush frontier barren

Phrases with the word

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Examples

In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”. John the Baptist

The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders. Edward Abbey

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. James Russell Lowell

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. John Muir

In wilderness is the preservation of the world. Henry David Thoreau

A thorn of experience is worth a wilderness of advice. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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