badlands

The word “badlands” has 2 syllables: bad-lands

It's pronounced as /ˈbædˌlændz/


What is synonym and antonym for badlands?

In the thesaurus, “badlands” has 17 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for badlands along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for badlands

Meanings of badlands

  • noun
    1. An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.

Example Sentences

  • Badlands are characterized by their rugged terrain and lack of vegetation.
  • The paleontologist unearthed a significant fossil in the remote badlands.
  • Visitors come from far and wide to hike through the breathtaking badlands landscape.
  • Erosion has sculpted the majestic formations of the South Dakota badlands over millions of years.
  • The harsh conditions of the badlands challenge even the most experienced adventurers.

On this page you'll find 17 synonyms or another words to badlands, such as: barren, barrens, brushes, bushes, desert, deserts, desolations.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

waste

  • amplitude
  • annihilate
  • arid
  • assassinate
  • atrophy
  • attrition
  • badland
  • badlands
  • baked
  • bankrupted
  • barren
  • be of no avail
  • beat
  • best
  • blast
  • bleak
  • blot out
  • blow
  • blow up
  • bog
  • boney
  • bony
  • breadth
  • break
  • break down
  • breakdown
  • brush
  • brushland
  • burn up
  • bush
  • butcher
  • castoff
  • chaff
  • clobber
  • compass
  • conquer
  • consume
  • consumed
  • coprolite
  • corrode
  • corrosion
  • cream
  • cripple
  • crud
  • crumble
  • crush
  • cull
  • cut down
  • damage
  • dead
  • deadwood
  • debilitate
  • debilitated
  • debris
  • decay
  • decimate
  • decline
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • deface
  • defeat
  • dehydrated
  • demolish
  • deplete
  • depleted
  • depredate
  • depress
  • depth
  • desecrate
  • desert
  • desolate
  • desolation
  • despoil
  • destroy
  • destruction
  • deteriorate
  • detritus
  • devastate
  • devastation
  • devitalize
  • devour
  • dilapidate
  • dilapidation
  • diminished
  • dirt
  • disable
  • disappear
  • disassemble
  • disburse
  • discard
  • disfigure
  • disintegrate
  • disintegration
  • dismantle
  • dispatch
  • dissipate
  • dissipation
  • dissolution
  • dissolve
  • distance
  • disuse
  • divert
  • do in
  • domain
  • doo-doo
  • drain
  • drained
  • dreck
  • dregs
  • drek
  • dried-up
  • droop
  • dropping
  • dross
  • droughty
  • drub
  • dry
  • dump
  • dung
  • dunghill
  • dust
  • dust bowl
  • dynamite
  • eat away
  • ebb
  • efface
  • effluvia
  • effluvium
  • emaciate
  • emptiness
  • empty
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • enfeebled
  • eradicate
  • erode
  • erosion
  • etiolate
  • excess
  • excrement
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  • execute
  • exhaust
  • exhausted
  • exhaustion
  • expanse
  • expansion
  • expend
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  • expunge
  • extension
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  • extirpate
  • extravagance
  • fade
  • feces
  • fell
  • fen
  • fiddle away
  • field
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  • fritter
  • fritter away
  • frivol away
  • gamble away
  • gamut
  • garbage
  • gnaw
  • go to waste
  • guano
  • gut
  • hamstring
  • hand-me-down
  • hardscrabble
  • harm
  • havoc
  • heath
  • hogwash
  • hurt
  • immensity
  • immoderacy
  • impair
  • impoverish
  • impoverished
  • improvidence
  • incapacitate
  • indulge
  • indulgence
  • infertile
  • inhospitable
  • injure
  • invalid
  • jetsam
  • jungle
  • junk
  • kill
  • kill off
  • latitude
  • lavish
  • lavishness
  • lay out
  • lay up
  • lay waste
  • leavings
  • leftovers
  • length
  • lessened
  • lick
  • lifeless
  • liquidate
  • litter
  • loot
  • lose
  • loss
  • lost opportunity
  • lumber
  • luxury
  • magnitude
  • make ducks and drakes of
  • mangle
  • manure
  • mar
  • marsh
  • marshland
  • massacre
  • master
  • midden
  • misapplication
  • misapply
  • misemploy
  • misspend
  • misuse
  • moor
  • muck
  • murder
  • mutilate
  • nature
  • night soil
  • nothing
  • nuke
  • obliterate
  • odds and ends
  • offal
  • offscouring
  • offscourings
  • open
  • open air
  • ordure
  • out-of-doors
  • outdoors
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overdoing
  • overindulge
  • overindulgence
  • overkill
  • overmatch
  • overspend
  • paralyze
  • parched
  • perish
  • pillage
  • plain
  • play ducks and drakes with
  • plunder
  • poop
  • poor
  • pour down the drain
  • prodigality
  • profligacy
  • profusion
  • prostrate
  • pull down
  • pulverize
  • quagmire
  • raffle
  • rainless
  • range
  • rape
  • ravage
  • raze
  • reach
  • reduce
  • reduced
  • refuse
  • reject
  • remains
  • remove
  • riffraff
  • rout
  • rub out
  • rubbish
  • rubble
  • ruin
  • ruins
  • rummage
  • run dry
  • run through
  • sack
  • sap
  • scale
  • scat
  • scope
  • scotch
  • scour
  • scrap
  • scrap heap
  • sear
  • self-indulgence
  • sere
  • sewage
  • sewerage
  • shatter
  • sheet
  • shoot
  • sink
  • skunk
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • slop
  • slops
  • smash
  • soften
  • soil
  • solitude
  • span
  • spectrum
  • spend
  • spent
  • sphere
  • spilth
  • splurge
  • spoil
  • spoliate
  • spoor
  • spread
  • squander
  • squandering
  • stark
  • stool
  • straw
  • stretch
  • subdue
  • sunbaked
  • surmount
  • swamp
  • sweep
  • sweepings
  • swill
  • take down
  • take out
  • tear down
  • territory
  • thin
  • thirsty
  • thrash
  • throw away
  • throwaway
  • tire
  • total
  • trample
  • trash
  • trifle away
  • trim
  • trounce
  • truck
  • trumpery
  • tundra
  • two bits
  • unbuild
  • uncultivable
  • undermine
  • undermining
  • undo
  • unfertile
  • unmake
  • unman
  • unproductive
  • unthriftiness
  • untillable
  • used up
  • vandalize
  • vaporize
  • vitiate
  • void
  • wallop
  • wane
  • wash
  • wash out
  • wastage
  • wastefulness
  • wasteland
  • waterless
  • weaken
  • wear
  • wear down
  • wear out
  • whip
  • wild
  • wilderness
  • wilds
  • wilt
  • wipe out
  • wither
  • wrack
  • wreak havoc
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • zap

wasteland

  • badland
  • badlands
  • barren
  • brush
  • bush
  • desert
  • desolation
  • dust bowl
  • heath
  • marsh
  • moor
  • nature
  • open
  • open air
  • out-of-doors
  • outdoors
  • swamp
  • waste
  • wild
  • wilderness
  • wilds

wastes

  • amplitudes
  • annihilates
  • assassinates
  • attritions
  • badlands
  • barrens
  • beats
  • bests
  • blasts
  • blots out
  • blows
  • blows up
  • breadths
  • breakdowns
  • breaks
  • breaks down
  • brushes
  • bushes
  • butchers
  • clobbers
  • compasses
  • conquers
  • consumes
  • corrosions
  • creams
  • cripples
  • crushes
  • cuts down
  • damages
  • debilitates
  • decays
  • decimates
  • decompositions
  • defaces
  • defeats
  • demolishes
  • depletes
  • depresses
  • depths
  • deserts
  • desolates
  • desolations
  • despoils
  • destroys
  • deteriorates
  • devastates
  • devitalizes
  • dilapidates
  • disables
  • disassembles
  • disburses
  • disfigures
  • disintegrates
  • disintegrations
  • dismantles
  • dispatches
  • dissipates
  • dissipations
  • dissolutions
  • dissolves
  • distances
  • does in
  • domains
  • drubs
  • dust bowls
  • dynamites
  • effaces
  • enervates
  • enfeebles
  • eradicates
  • erodes
  • erosions
  • etiolates
  • excesses
  • executes
  • exhausts
  • expanses
  • expansions
  • expends
  • expunges
  • extensions
  • extents
  • exterminates
  • extinguishes
  • extirpates
  • extravagances
  • fells
  • fiddles away
  • fields
  • gamuts
  • guts
  • hamstrings
  • harms
  • havocs
  • heaths
  • hurts
  • immensities
  • immoderacies
  • impairs
  • impoverishes
  • incapacitates
  • indulgences
  • indulges
  • injures
  • invalids
  • kills
  • kills off
  • latitudes
  • lavishes
  • lays out
  • lays up
  • lengths
  • licks
  • liquidates
  • loots
  • loses
  • losses
  • luxuries
  • magnitudes
  • makes ducks and drakes of
  • mangles
  • mars
  • massacres
  • masters
  • misspends
  • murders
  • mutilates
  • natures
  • nukes
  • obliterates
  • outdoors
  • overbears
  • overcomes
  • overindulgences
  • overindulges
  • overkills
  • overmatches
  • overspends
  • paralyzes
  • pillages
  • plains
  • plays ducks and drakes with
  • plunders
  • prodigalities
  • profligacies
  • profusions
  • prostrates
  • pulls down
  • pulverizes
  • ranges
  • ravages
  • razes
  • reaches
  • removes
  • routs
  • rubs out
  • ruins
  • runs through
  • sacks
  • saps
  • scales
  • scopes
  • scotches
  • scours
  • self-indulgences
  • shatters
  • sheets
  • shoots
  • skunks
  • slaughters
  • slays
  • smashes
  • softens
  • spans
  • spectra
  • spectrums
  • spends
  • spheres
  • splurges
  • spoils
  • spreads
  • squanders
  • stretches
  • subdues
  • surmounts
  • sweeps
  • takes down
  • takes out
  • tears down
  • territories
  • thrashes
  • throws away
  • tires
  • totals
  • tramples
  • trashes
  • trims
  • trounces
  • unbuilds
  • undoes
  • unmakes
  • unmans
  • vandalizes
  • vaporizes
  • vitiates
  • voids
  • wallops
  • washes out
  • wastages
  • wastelands
  • weakens
  • wears down
  • wears out
  • whips
  • wildernesses
  • wilds
  • wipes out
  • wracks
  • wrecks
  • zaps

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