wilderness
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
Synonyms: wildness, wideness, windedness, wildernesses, holderness, silverness
Antonyms: wildness, wideness, windedness, wildernesses, holderness, silverness
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[uncultivated|Uncultivated]] and [[unsettled#Adjective|unsettled]] [[land#Noun|land]] in its [[natural#Adjective|natural]] [[state#Noun|state]] [[inhabit]]ed by [[wild#Adjective|wild]] [[animal]]s and with [[vegetation]] [[grow]]ing wild; {{lb|en|countable}} a [[tract#Noun|tract]] of such land; a [[waste#Noun|waste]] or [[wild#Noun|wild]].
- {{lb|en|by extension}}
- {{lb|en|countable|figuratively}}
Proper noun
- {{place|en|A forested <<region>> of central <<s/Virginia>>}}.
- The {{w|Battle of the Wilderness}}, 1864, which occurred there.
Proper noun
- {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Spotsylvania County|co/Orange County|s/Virginia|c/USA}}.
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