Synonyms for Forest
ˈfɔr ɪst, ˈfɒr-for·est

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1. forest, wood, woodsnoun

   the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

   Synonyms:
   woodland, timberland, woods, woodwind instrument, wood, forest, timber, woodwind

2. forest, woodland, timberland, timberverb

   land that is covered with trees and shrubs

   Synonyms:
   woodland, tone, quality, wood, timbre, timberland, woods, lumber, forest, timber

3. afforest, forestverb

   establish a forest on previously unforested land

   "afforest the mountains"

   Synonyms:
   afforest, forest

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1. • Plant

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1. forestnoun

   Synonyms:
   wood (of large extent), woods, woodland, grove

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. forestnoun

   Synonyms:
   wood, woodland, timber-land, woods, wold, wildwood

   Associated words:
   sylvan, sylviculture, nemophilist, nemophily, nemoral, afforest, afforestation, silenus, hamadryad, glade, reforestize, reforestation, reboise, reafforest, forestry, forester, disboscation, disforest disforestation, hag, assart, camass, cruise, cruiser

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1. List of paraphrases for "forest":

   forestry, forests, forêt, forestière, forestier, woods, bosque, woodland, forestali, forester, foresters, forested, jungle, timber, forestal, forêts, stumpage, wald, logging, wood, rainforest, forest-related, selva, lin, vorst, woodlands, laforest

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. forest

   Synonyms:
   Wood, woods

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1. Gustavo Silva-Chávez of Forest Trends:

   REDD+ must be able to generate significant amounts of finance to (forest-rich) countries, do so with environmental integrity, and contribute to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions as rapidly as possible.

2. William Anderegg:

   In most of our current models of ecosystems and climate, drought effects on forests switch on and off like a light. When drought conditions go away, the models assume a forest's recovery is complete and close to immediate, that's not how the real world works.

3. Tim Miller:

   It seems beneath the moment to spend so much time debating the finer points of healthcare plans that will be revised a hundred times before they are ever even proposed to Congress, let alone passed into law, while Rome is burning all around us, i would rather see more of a conversation about the forest, and less about the trees.

4. John Barrasso:

   This isn’t just about groups that work with the agency or even the people who enjoy our public lands, it’s about all the employees at the Bureau of Land Management, how can the men and women who work at this important agency respect Tracy Stone-Manning knowing she threatened their colleagues at the U.S. Forest Service?

5. Claudio Almeida:

   If this upward curve continues, we could have a bad year for the Amazon forest, it will depend on how much policing there is in the next two critical months.