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, 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. Lisa Murkowski:

   The Biden administration’s actions are not unexpected but are outrageous nonetheless, suspending leases in Alaska’s 1002 Area is in direct conflict with the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, through which Congress mandates an oil and gas leasing program be established on the non-wilderness Coastal Plain, and ordered at least two lease sales by 2024.

2. Tacitus:

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

3. Nancy Abell:

   I felt like, being from Germany, she wasn't familiar with the Glacier Peak wilderness area, and Glacier Peak creates Glacier Peak own weather, and it can be really bad this time of year, the whole two hours we were hiking together, I was trying to talk her out of it.

4. James Russell Lowell:

   One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

5. Tacitus:

   They make a wilderness and call it peace.