Synonyms of the word heath


HEATHBARREN - BUSH - HEATHLAND - SHRUB - WASTE - WASTELAND

heath

  • n. A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
  • n. Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
  • n. (countable) Certain butterflies and moths.

barren

  • adj. (not comparable) Unable to bear children; sterile.
  • adj. Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation.
  • adj. Bleak.
  • adj. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
  • adj. Mentally dull; stupid.
  • n. An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.

bush

  • n. (horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually…
  • n. (slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's; loosely, a woman's vulva.
  • n. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree.
  • n. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a…
  • n. (hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
  • v. (intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
  • v. To set bushes for; to support with bushes.
  • v. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush.
  • n. (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant.
  • n. (often with "the") Rural areas, typically remote, wooded, undeveloped and uncultivated.
  • n. (Canada) A woodlot or bluff on a farm.
  • adv. (Australia) Towards the direction of the outback.
  • adj. (colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league.
  • n. (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior".
  • n. A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal (also bushing).
  • n. A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which…
  • n. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with a bush or lining.

heathland

  • n. A tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile…

shrub

  • n. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
  • v. (obsolete) To lop; to prune.
  • v. (transitive, Kenyan English) To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or…
  • n. A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small…

waste

  • n. Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
  • n. Excrement or urine.
  • n. A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
  • n. A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
  • n. A large tract of uncultivated land.
  • n. (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays…
  • n. A vast expanse of water.
  • n. A disused mine or part of one.
  • n. The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
  • n. Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
  • n. Gradual loss or decay.
  • n. A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
  • n. (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See "to lay waste".
  • n. (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the…
  • n. (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the…
  • adj. (now rare) Uncultivated, uninhabited.
  • adj. Barren; desert.
  • adj. Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
  • adj. Superfluous; needless.
  • adj. Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
  • adj. Unfortunate; disappointing.
  • v. (transitive) to devastate, destroy.
  • v. (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
  • v. (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to…
  • v. (intransitive) Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
  • v. (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
  • v. (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences,…

wasteland

  • n. A region with no remaining resources; a desert.
  • n. Any barren or uninteresting place.

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