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Synonyms of wilderness

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Another word for wilderness is wild. Other synonyms of wilderness are wilds and wildland.

Synonyms and similar words for wilderness

nounUncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation...

  • bushland AustraliaAn area of land in a natural, uncultivated state; wilderness, open forest.
  • wildlandLand that is unfit for, or has not been modified by, cultivation or other human activity; a natural area.
  • wildsWilderness.
  • wasteland
  • wastenessA wilderness.
  • wastnessA waste or wilderness.

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Meaning of wilderness

  1. noun Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
  2. noun A place other than land (for example, the air or sea) that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness.
  3. noun An ornamental part of a garden or park cultivated with trees and often a maze to evoke a natural wilderness.

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Questions about synonyms of wilderness

What is another word for wilderness?
Wilderness has 7 synonyms on Word.ws, such as wild, wilds and wildland.
What does wilderness mean?
Wilderness means uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.

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