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Synonyms for shrubbery

Most common

shrub thicket

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.

    The path was lined with thick shrubbery.

Forms

Plural
shrubberies → shrubs, thickets…

Example sentences

  • shrub Elias checked under every shrub and found nothing.
  • thicket We'll need to push our way through this thicket.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
shrubberyrising
shrubsteady
thicketrising

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

By length

5 letters
shrub1
7 letters
thicket2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (thicket2 = 2 syllables).