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Synonyms for forest

  • noun

Most common

wood woods timber woodland forestry reforestation bush wildwood

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Woodland

woodland, woods, wood, timber, timber-land, grove, thicket

2. Forestry

forestry, reforestation, afforestation

Other

bush, wildwood

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

  2. n. 2

    Any dense collection or amount.

Related words

Word family
forestage forestal forestcraft forested forester forestial forestlike forestry
Phrases
forest fire forest ranger amber forest cockroach bastion forest cloud forest drunken forest fog forest forest fly

Forms

Plural
forests → woodlands, woods, timbers, timber-lands…

Example sentences

  • wood The statue was carved from a block of cherry wood.
  • woods Hunting game is forbidden in these tranquil woods.
  • timber Large amounts of timber are used in paper making.
  • woodland This piece of woodland is to make way for a new factory.
  • forestry Forestry and farming are minor components of GDP.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
foreststeady
woodsteady
woodsrising
timberfalling
woodlandfalling
forestryfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
wood1, bush1
5 letters
woods1, grove1
6 letters
timber2
7 letters
thicket2
8 letters
forestry3, woodland2, wildwood2
13 letters
reforestation5, afforestation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (timber2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
forêt
Italiano
bosco
Español
bosque
Deutsch
Forst
Català
bosc