Synonyms for WILDERNESS
ˈwɪl dər nɪswilder·ness

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1. wildernessnoun

   (politics) a state of disfavor

   "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"

   Synonyms:
   wild

2. Wildernessnoun

   a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War

   Synonyms:
   wild

3. wilderness, wildnoun

   a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition

   "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"

   Synonyms:
   state of nature, natural state, wilderness, wild

4. wildernessnoun

   a bewildering profusion

   "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"

   Synonyms:
   wild

Matched Categories

1. • Disfavor
   • Forest
   • Geographical Area
   • Politics
   • Profusion

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. wilderness

   Synonyms:
   n. wild, desert, waste

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1. List of paraphrases for "wilderness":

   wild, desert, sauvage, savage, wildlife, wild-type, wildland, backcountry, nature

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1. Austin O'Malley:

   Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.

2. Tacitus:

   To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.

3. Alan Alda:

   The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.

4. Brian Laundrie:

   Brian claims he wants to sit in the background while we search for Gabby in the wilderness of the Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, brian left Gabby in the wilderness with grizzly bears and wolves while he sits in the comfort of his home. In his home!

5. Chairman Jacques Nasser:

   If we were to leave ... it is unlikely that these areas would be set aside for conservation, the area of interest has had accelerated development pressures over the last 20 years and it is not the pristine wilderness it was two decades ago.