Synonyms for leaf

Most common

folium · foliage · leafage · sheet of paper · blade · cannabis · frond · bract

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.

2. n. 2

   The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.

3. v. 1

   To produce leaves; put forth foliage.

Related words

Word family

leafage leaf-cutter leafed leafet leaflet leafling leaf-shaped leafstalk

Phrases

leaf spring leaf through bible leaf leaf fat leaf mustard leaf vegetable new leaf walking leaf

Forms

Plural

leaves → folios, foliums, foliages, leafages…

Past participle

leafed
e.g. leafed → flipped, thumbed, riffled, flicked…

Example sentences

• foliage The centipede shuffled through the autumn foliage.
• blade Yanni was scraping the sticker with a razor blade.
• cannabis Cannabis does different things to different people.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

flip¹, riff¹

5 letters

leave¹, blade¹, thumb¹, flick¹, folio³, spire¹, frond¹, bract

6 letters

riffle², folium

7 letters

foliage², leafage, phyllon

8 letters

cannabis³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (folio³ = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français

feuille

Italiano

foglia

Español

hoja

Català

fulla