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Synonyms for woodland

Most common

wood forest woods timber-land grove

All synonyms

Noun

1. Forest — land covered with woody vegetation

forest, timber-land, woods, wood, wild, timber, holt, wold dated

Other

grove

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Land covered with woody vegetation.

Forms

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

Example sentences

  • wood The statue was carved from a block of cherry wood.
  • forest The forest fire began to spread in all directions.
  • woods Hunting game is forbidden in these tranquil woods.
  • grove They live in that house in the middle of the grove.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
woodlandfalling
woodsteady
foreststeady
woodsrising
groverising

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

By length

4 letters
wood1, wild1, holt1, wold1
5 letters
woods1, grove1
6 letters
forest2, timber2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (forest2 = 2 syllables).