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

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. William Keeton:

   The causes of fall foliage are complex and actually not entirely understood, drought is only one of several factors, the others being photoperiod and the contrast between daytime and nighttime temperatures in autumn. All of this just goes to show how fascinating our forest ecosystems are !

2. Don Shomette:

   At low tide all you see is these forest of things sticking up and at the north end of Mallows Bay, it looks like shore, but it's ships -- bow to stern, bow to stern -- I call these the flowerpot ships. Each of those ships have become islands -- some have trees 30-40 feet tall... It's very exotic, it's just beautiful.

3. Thomas Smith:

   In the Siberian Arctic, we're concerned about the tundra ecosystem to the north of the forest, this would normally be too wet or frozen to burn, in the last two years we saw a lot of fires in this ecosystem, which suggests that things are changing there.

4. John Dee:

   It flattened a forest. It just took it out like a bulldozer.

5. Menominee Tribe:

   Instead, one tribe, the Forest County Potawatomi and one goal of Governor Walker, the presidency, has led to a no for our people.