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verdant

ver·dant
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [vur-dnt]
    • /ˈvɜr dnt/
    • /ˈvɜː.dənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [vur-dnt]
    • /ˈvɜr dnt/

Definitions of verdant word

  • adjective verdant green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis. 1
  • adjective verdant of the color green: a verdant lawn. 1
  • adjective verdant inexperienced; unsophisticated: verdant college freshmen. 1
  • adjective verdant green with vegetation 1
  • adjective verdant If you describe a place as verdant, you mean that it is covered with green grass, trees, and plants. 0
  • adjective verdant covered with green vegetation 0

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Origin of verdant

First appearance:

before 1575
One of the 34% oldest English words
First recorded in 1575-85; verd(ure) + -ant

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Parts of speech for Verdant

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

verdant popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

verdant usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for verdant

adj verdant

  • bosky — containing or consisting of bushes or thickets
  • botanic — Botanic means the same as botanical.
  • bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
  • bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
  • de luxe — (esp of products, articles for sale, etc) rich, elegant, or sumptuous; superior in quality, number of accessories, etc

adjective verdant

  • carpeted — Simple past tense and past participle of carpet.
  • grasslike — That has the characteristics of grass.
  • lawnlike — Resembling or characteristic of a lawn.
  • luxuriant — abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
  • outland — Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces: a name unknown in the outlands.

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