verdant
/ˈvɜɹ.dənt/
verdant adjective: green in colour.
Adjective
verdant (comparative more verdant, superlative most verdant)
- Green in colour.
- Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.
- It was a verdant and delightful valley, watered by a rivulet ...1796, Francois Le Vaillant, New Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa By Way of the Cape of Good Hope in the Years 1783, 84 and 85, G.G. And J. Robinson, page 224
- A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for...
- Fresh.
- Inexperienced.
- a verdant youth from the interior of Connecticut
- Synonyms:
- callow, raw, experienceless, inexperienced, unexperienced, fresh, green, new, punk, pup
verdant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
verdant in Hindi
- verdant, green
- सरसब्ज़ sarsabz
- verdant
- श्यामल śyāmal
verdant in Tamil
- பசுமையான, பச்சைப் பசேரென்றிருக்கிற, பசும்புல்லார்ந்த, ஆள் வகையில் கரவற்ற, வெள்ளை உள்ளமான, சூதுவாது தெரியாத
verdant in Urdu
- لہلہاتا, ناتجربہ کار, پتوں سے لدا ہوا, سادہ لوح, سرسبز, شاداب
verdant in Bengali
- সবুজ, তাজা উদ্ভিদে আবৃত
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- verdant in Malayalam
- തഴച്ചുവളരുന്ന, കടുംപച്ചയായ, പുതുമുഖമായ
- verdant in Kannada
- ಹಸಿರಾಗಿರುವ, ಹಚ್ಚನೆಯ, ತಾಜಾ ಹಸಿರು ಹುಲ್ಲಿನಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ, ಹಚ್ಚ ಹಸಿರು
- verdant in Punjabi
- ਸਰਸਬਜ਼ sarsabz
Examples of verdant in a sentence
- The lushly verdant jungle harbored many plants unknown to outsiders.
- Now, it teems with life along verdant banks that stretch for 26 miles.
- It’s hard to imagine now, but there were once three mountainous, verdant islands between Macau and mainland China.
Synonyms of verdant
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Antonyms
Forms of verdant
| comparative | more verdant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most verdant |
Origin of verdant
From Middle French verdoyant, from Old French verb verdier, verdoier, from vert (“green”), from Vulgar Latin *virdis, from Latin viridis.
Words formed from verdant
Questions about verdant
- What does verdant mean?
- Verdant means green in colour.
- What is verdant in Hindi?
- Verdant in Hindi is सरसब्ज़ (sarsabz), श्यामल (śyāmal). See Verdant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is verdant?
- Verdant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce verdant?
- Verdant is pronounced /ˈvɜɹ.dənt/ (US).
Words near verdant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: verdant (page history and authors); श्यामल (Hindi) (page history and authors); verdant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); verdant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); verdant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); verdant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); verdant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸਰਸਬਜ਼ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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