thickets

The word “thickets” has 2 syllables: thick-ets

It's pronounced as /ˈθɪkɪts/


What is synonym and antonym for thickets?

In the thesaurus, “thickets” has 26 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for thickets along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for thickets

Antonyms for thickets

  • bare lands
  • clearings
  • grasslands
  • meadows
  • open fields
  • open spaces
  • plains
  • prairies

Meanings of thickets

  • noun
    1. A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
    2. A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
    3. The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software.

Example Sentences

  • Deer often hide in dense thickets during the daytime.
  • The explorers pushed through the tangled thickets along the trail.
  • Small birds built nests inside the thorny thickets.
  • The swamp was surrounded by heavy thickets of reeds and shrubs.
  • Farmers cleared the wild thickets to create more farmland.

On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to thickets, such as: bare lands, boscages, bosks, bosquets, brakes, brambles, brushes.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

canebrakes

  • boscages
  • boskages
  • bosks
  • bosques
  • bosquets
  • brakes
  • brambles
  • brushes
  • brushwoods
  • bushes
  • chaparrals
  • coppices
  • copses
  • coverts
  • forests
  • greenwoods
  • groves
  • hedges
  • jungles
  • scrublands
  • scrubs
  • stands
  • tangles
  • thickets
  • wildwoods
  • woodlands
  • woodlots
  • woods

scrublands

  • arboretums
  • brakes
  • brushwoods
  • chaparrals
  • coppices
  • copses
  • coverts
  • forestlands
  • forests
  • greenwoods
  • groves
  • plantations
  • stands
  • thickets
  • timberlands
  • timbers
  • wildwoods
  • woodlands
  • woodlots
  • woods

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