Synonyms for grove
Definitions
- n. 1
A small forest.
Related words
- Word family
- grovy
- Phrases
- grove snail olive grove
Forms
- Plural
- groves → orchards, copses, thickets, plantations…
Example sentences
- plantation The scenery at the plantation is so delightful!
- orchard I delight in going to the apple orchard each fall.
- thicket We'll need to push our way through this thicket.
- copse They came to a copse of trees at the edge of the field.
- forest The forest fire began to spread in all directions.
- woodland This piece of woodland is to make way for a new factory.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| grove | rising | |
| plantation | steady | |
| orchard | steady | |
| thicket | rising | |
| copse | rising | |
| forest | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- bosk
- 5 letters
- copse
- 6 letters
- forest2
- 7 letters
- orchard2, thicket2, spinney2, woodlet
- 8 letters
- woodland2
- 10 letters
- plantation3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (forest2 = 2 syllables).