Synonyms for arboreal
ɑrˈbɔr i əl, -ˈboʊr-ar·bo·re·al

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1. arborical, arboreal, arborary, arborousadjective

   of or relating to or formed by trees

   "an arborous roof"

   Synonyms:
   arborescent, arborical, treelike, tree-shaped, dendroid, arborous, arboriform, arboreous, dendriform, arborary, arboresque, dendroidal, tree-living

   Antonyms:
   branchless, nonarboreal

2. arboreal, arboreous, tree-livingadjective

   inhabiting or frequenting trees

   "arboreal apes"

   Synonyms:
   arboreous, dendriform, woodsy, arborary, arboraceous, arborous, woody, tree-living, arboriform, dendroidal, arboresque, arborical, tree-shaped, arborescent, treelike, dendroid

   Antonyms:
   nonarboreal, branchless

3. arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shapedadjective

   resembling a tree in form and branching structure

   "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda"; "dendriform sponges"

   Synonyms:
   arboreous, dendriform, woodsy, arborary, arboraceous, arborous, woody, tree-living, arboriform, dendroidal, arboresque, arborical, tree-shaped, arborescent, treelike, dendroid

   Antonyms:
   nonarboreal, branchless

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How to use arboreal in a sentence?

1. Charles Robert Darwin:

   Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.

2. Valentina Mella:

   Koalas are nocturnal animals, so they are only active at night, and they are arboreal, which means that they live in trees and rely on them for food, shelter and, as we just discovered, also for drinking, koalas actually spend 98% of their lives in trees and the only time they are on the ground is when they are trying to find another tree with a more generous food supply or a mate.

3. Daniel Field:

   It may have taken on the order of 100 years for the' fern spike' to begin, and about 1,000 years for forest communities to rebound, once forests were back, the ancestors of today's modern tree-dwelling birds could -- and did -- move into the trees. By a couple of millions of years after the asteroid impact, we have direct evidence of arboreal fossil birds.