forest

The word “forest” has 2 syllables: for-est

It's pronounced as /ˈfɔː.rɪst/


What is synonym and antonym for forest?

In the thesaurus, “forest” has 30 synonyms.

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


Synonyms for forest

  • arboretum
  • backwoods
  • brake
  • brushwood
  • chaparral
  • chase
  • clump
  • coppice
  • copse
  • cover
  • covert
  • forestland
  • greenwood
  • grove
  • growth
  • jungle
  • park
  • plantation
  • scrubland
  • shelter
  • stand
  • thicket
  • timber
  • timberland
  • weald
  • wildwood
  • wood
  • woodland
  • woodlot
  • woods

Meanings of forest

  • noun
    1. A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
    2. Any dense collection or amount.
    3. A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.
    4. A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.
    5. A group of domains that are managed as a unit.
    6. The colour forest green.
  • verb
    1. To cover an area with trees.

Example Sentences

  • The hikers spent the day exploring the dense forest.
  • Many animals live in the forest, from deer to birds and insects.
  • They went camping deep in the forest to escape the noise of the city.
  • The forest was full of vibrant colors as autumn arrived.
  • The sound of rustling leaves filled the forest as the wind blew through the trees.

On this page you'll find 30 synonyms or another words to forest, such as: arboretum, backwoods, brake, brushwood, chaparral, chase, clump.

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

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  • Jolly Roger
  • able seaman
  • able-bodied sailor
  • able-bodied seaman
  • abundance
  • badge
  • banderol
  • banderole
  • banknote
  • bankroll
  • banner
  • bastard
  • bet
  • big bucks
  • bill
  • black flag
  • bloke
  • bluejacket
  • boater
  • bomb
  • boodle
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  • bread
  • bring up
  • buck
  • bucks
  • buddy
  • bundle
  • bunting
  • burgee
  • buster
  • cabbage
  • cadet
  • capital
  • cash
  • cat
  • change
  • chap
  • chappie
  • check
  • chips
  • chump change
  • circumnavigator
  • coat of arms
  • coin
  • coinage
  • colors
  • construct
  • coxswain
  • crest
  • crewman
  • currency
  • dead presidents
  • deck hand
  • deckhand
  • dibs
  • dime
  • diver
  • dollar
  • dough
  • draft
  • dude
  • earth
  • elevate
  • ensign
  • erect
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  • fella
  • fellow
  • finances
  • flag
  • folding money
  • forester
  • fortune
  • fund
  • funds
  • galoot
  • gent
  • gentleman
  • gob
  • gold
  • gonfalon
  • green
  • greenback
  • guidon
  • guy
  • hearty
  • heave
  • hike
  • hoist
  • hold up
  • hombre
  • insignia
  • jack-tar
  • jackpot
  • joe
  • joker
  • jump
  • kale
  • kitty
  • lad
  • lascar
  • legal tender
  • lever
  • lift
  • lift up
  • lime-juicer
  • limey
  • logger
  • lolly
  • long green
  • loot
  • lubber
  • lucre
  • lumberer
  • lumberjack
  • lumberman
  • mad money
  • male
  • man
  • marine
  • mariner
  • master
  • mate
  • means
  • megabucks
  • middy
  • mint
  • mister
  • mite
  • money
  • money order
  • moola
  • moolah
  • mount
  • move up
  • navigator
  • needful
  • note
  • old salt
  • opulence
  • packet
  • paper money
  • peanuts
  • pelf
  • pendant
  • pendent
  • pennant
  • pennon
  • petty cash
  • pile
  • pilot
  • pin money
  • pirate
  • pittance
  • place up
  • pocket money
  • pool
  • pot
  • powerboater
  • promissory note
  • promote
  • pry
  • pull up
  • put on its end
  • put up
  • rear
  • resources
  • riches
  • roll
  • run up
  • sailboater
  • sailor
  • salt
  • sawyer
  • scratch
  • scrip
  • sea dog
  • sea person
  • seafarer
  • seaman
  • semaphore
  • set up
  • set upright
  • shekalim
  • shekelim
  • shekels
  • shellback
  • sheqalim
  • sheqels
  • shipman
  • shipmate
  • shoestring
  • shove
  • signaler
  • signaller
  • sir
  • specie
  • spending money
  • stake
  • stand up
  • standard
  • streamer
  • swab
  • swabber
  • swabbie
  • swabby
  • take up
  • tar
  • tarpaulin
  • tender
  • throw up
  • treasure
  • tricolor
  • union jack
  • up
  • upcast
  • upheave
  • uplift
  • upraise
  • uprear
  • wad
  • waft
  • wager
  • wallet
  • wampum
  • water dog
  • wealth
  • wherewithal
  • white flag
  • windjammer
  • yachter

nature

  • alpha and omega
  • anatomy
  • angle
  • aspect
  • attitude
  • attribute
  • attributes
  • backwoods
  • badland
  • barren
  • being
  • belief
  • bottom line
  • bracket
  • brand
  • breed
  • bunch
  • bush
  • cast
  • category
  • center
  • character
  • characteristic
  • cheer
  • class
  • clay
  • color
  • colors
  • complexion
  • composition
  • conformation
  • constitution
  • conviction
  • core
  • cosmos
  • country
  • countryside
  • creation
  • description
  • desert
  • disposition
  • distinctiveness
  • distinctness
  • division
  • drift
  • earmark
  • embodiment
  • emotion
  • environment
  • epitome
  • essence
  • essentiality
  • existence
  • expression
  • family
  • feather
  • feature
  • features
  • feeling
  • figure
  • flavor
  • forest
  • frame
  • framework
  • frontier
  • generation
  • genius
  • genre
  • gist
  • grade
  • grain
  • group
  • grouping
  • habit
  • hallmark
  • heart
  • hinterland
  • humor
  • identity
  • ilk
  • incarnation
  • inclination
  • individualism
  • individuality
  • interior
  • interiority
  • judgement
  • judgment
  • kernel
  • keynote
  • kidney
  • kind
  • landscape
  • like
  • lot
  • macrocosm
  • makeup
  • manifestation
  • manner
  • mark
  • marrow
  • meat
  • megacosm
  • metal
  • mettle
  • mind
  • mind-set
  • mode
  • model
  • mood
  • name of game
  • name of the game
  • name of tune
  • natural history
  • nature of beast
  • notion
  • nub
  • open
  • open air
  • opinion
  • order
  • out-of-doors
  • outdoors
  • outlook
  • outside
  • passion
  • personality
  • personification
  • perspective
  • persuasion
  • pith
  • point
  • property
  • quality
  • quiddity
  • quintessence
  • reality
  • responsiveness
  • sample
  • savor
  • savour
  • scenery
  • score
  • seascape
  • seat
  • self
  • self-identity
  • selfhood
  • sensibility
  • sensitiveness
  • sensitivity
  • sentiment
  • set
  • setting
  • setup
  • shape
  • singularity
  • slant
  • sort
  • soul
  • species
  • specimen
  • spirit
  • stamp
  • standpoint
  • sticks
  • strain
  • stripe
  • structure
  • stuff
  • style
  • substance
  • suite
  • temper
  • temperament
  • texture
  • tone
  • trait
  • traits
  • type
  • uniqueness
  • universe
  • up-country
  • variety
  • vein
  • view
  • viewpoint
  • waste
  • wasteland
  • way
  • wild
  • wilderness
  • without
  • world

campfire

  • arson
  • backfire
  • bivouac
  • blaze
  • bonfire
  • brush fire
  • campground
  • camping ground
  • caravansary
  • chalet
  • charring
  • coals
  • combustion
  • conflagration
  • cottage
  • devouring
  • element
  • embers
  • encampment
  • flame and smoke
  • flames
  • flare
  • flare-up
  • forest fire
  • glow
  • hearth
  • heat
  • holocaust
  • hot spot
  • hut
  • incandescence
  • inferno
  • lean-to
  • lodge
  • log cabin
  • luminosity
  • oxidation
  • phlogiston
  • pyre
  • rapid oxidation
  • scintillation
  • scorching
  • sea of flames
  • searing
  • shack
  • shanty
  • shed
  • sparks
  • summer home
  • tent
  • tent city
  • tepee
  • tilt
  • tinder
  • up in smoke
  • warmth
  • wigwam
  • wildfire

balked

  • aghast
  • arrested
  • averted
  • baffled
  • barred
  • beat
  • beaten
  • blocked
  • chapfallen
  • checked
  • checkmated
  • clogged
  • complaining
  • conquered
  • counteracted
  • crabbed
  • cramped
  • crestfallen
  • crimped
  • defeated
  • depressed
  • despondent
  • discomfited
  • disconcerted
  • discontented
  • discouraged
  • disenchanted
  • disgruntled
  • disheartened
  • disillusioned
  • dissatisfied
  • distressed
  • down
  • down in the dumps
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • embittered
  • encumbered
  • fettered
  • foiled
  • forestalled
  • fouled-up
  • frustrated
  • halted
  • hampered
  • handicapped
  • held back
  • hindered
  • hobbled
  • hopeless
  • hung up on
  • impeded
  • inhibited
  • irked
  • manacled
  • negated
  • neutralized
  • nullified
  • objecting
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • offset
  • overcame
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • resentful
  • set back
  • shackled
  • short-circuited
  • shot down
  • stalled
  • stonewalled
  • stopped
  • stymied
  • taken down
  • through the mill
  • thwarted
  • tied up
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • ungratified
  • unhappy
  • unsated
  • unsatisfied
  • unslaked
  • up the wall
  • upset
  • vanquished
  • worsted

debarment

  • averting
  • avoidance
  • awkwardness
  • baffling
  • balking
  • ban
  • banishment
  • bar
  • barring
  • blockade
  • boot
  • bounce
  • checkmate
  • circumvention
  • clumsiness
  • crossing
  • cut
  • deportment
  • determent
  • deterrence
  • disallowment
  • discharge
  • disenablement
  • disentitlement
  • dislodgment
  • dismissal
  • displacement
  • dispossession
  • driving out
  • ejection
  • elimination
  • enjoining
  • eviction
  • excepting
  • exception
  • exclusion
  • excommunication
  • excusing
  • exile
  • expatriation
  • expulsion
  • extrusion
  • foiling
  • forbidding
  • forcing out
  • forestallment
  • frustration
  • incapacitation
  • incapacity
  • incompetence
  • incompetency
  • ineligibility
  • ineptitude
  • interdicting
  • interdiction
  • keeping out
  • lack
  • negation
  • neutralization
  • nonadmission
  • noninclusion
  • nullification
  • omission
  • ostracism
  • ouster
  • ousting
  • outlawing
  • passing over
  • precluding
  • preclusion
  • prevention
  • prohibiting
  • prohibition
  • proscribing
  • proscription
  • purge
  • refusal
  • rejection
  • relegation
  • removal
  • repudiation
  • reservation
  • rush
  • segregation
  • separation
  • suspension
  • thwarting
  • unfitness
  • unproficiency

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