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, timber, woodwind

2. forest, woodland, timberland, timberverb

   land that is covered with trees and shrubs

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

3. afforest, forestverb

   establish a forest on previously unforested land

   "afforest the mountains"

   Synonyms:
   afforest

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1. • Plant

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1. forestnoun

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

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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. Ane Alencar:

   Those who control the Amazon don’t want it preserved, the standing forest has no value in today’s Amazon.

2. Anselme Toto Volahy:

   He should say that this forest is God's creation. He gave it to us and for our own benefit, if we don't manage it well, we will destroy ourselves.

3. Maria Uriarte:

   Carbon dynamics after a storm are hard to understand but after a storm a forest loses a lot of carbon and then regains it as it regrows, so we're looking at the long-term average, if bad storms become the norm, if a storm of Maria's severity becomes the average storm in the French Caribbean, we expect the forest will store less carbon because trees don't have time to get big. We expect the net balance to be negative -- that's not published yet but that's what our models are showing.

4. David Hayes:

   We're going to look a lot more holistically at forest health, expanding the number of acres that get treated with mitigation approaches.

5. Lizette Parsons Bell:

   In April/May demand for our pipeline continued to be strong and was oversubscribed, however we did see a decrease in refined product. This is due to the shortage of refined products in Western Canada as a result of the Fort McMurray forest fires.