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- [juhng-guh l]
- /ˈdʒʌŋ gəl/
- /ˈdʒʌŋ.ɡl̩/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [juhng-guh l]
- /ˈdʒʌŋ gəl/
Definitions of jungle word
- noun jungle a novel (1906) by Upton Sinclair. 1
- noun jungle An area of land overgrown with dense forest and tangled vegetation, typically in the tropics. 1
- noun jungle tropical vegetation, forest 1
- noun jungle confusing situation 1
- noun jungle confusing place 1
- noun jungle of or from the jungle 1
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Origin of jungle
First appearance:
before 1770 One of the 46% newest English words
1770-80; < Hindi jaṅgal < Pali, Prakrit jaṅgala rough, waterless place
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Parts of speech for Jungle
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
jungle popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
jungle usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for jungle
noun jungle
- rain forest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- forest — Lee, 1873–1961, U.S. inventor of radio, telegraphic, and telephonic equipment.
- wilderness — a wooded area in NE Virginia: several battles fought here in 1864 between armies of Grant and Lee.
- bush — A bush is a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches.
- wasteland — land that is uncultivated or barren.
adjective jungle
- riproaring — boisterously wild and exciting; riotous: Have a rip-roaring good time.
- tropic — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- nutsy — nutty (defs 3, 4).
- hectic — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- rip-roaring — boisterously wild and exciting; riotous: Have a rip-roaring good time.
Antonyms for jungle
noun jungle
- order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
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