What is another word for leafless?

Pronunciation: [lˈiːfləs] (IPA)

Leafless refers to the state of lacking or having no leaves. This term can be used to describe trees, shrubs, and plants during their dormant seasons or periods of growth in which they naturally shed their foliage. Some synonyms for the word leafless include bare, barren, denuded, naked, and exposed. Each of these words conveys the idea of something being without its usual covering or adornment. Additionally, the terms undeveloped, immature, and unripe can also be used to describe plant life that has not yet grown leaves. Overall, all these synonyms for leafless beautifully paint a picture of plant life devoid of what is expected and needed in order to thrive.

What are the hypernyms for Leafless?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for leafless?

Leaves are the greenery which give life to plants, and when trees shed their leaves, they become leafless. However, there are several antonyms for the word leafless, which include words like leafy, verdant, leaf-covered, and leaf-clad. The word leafy is used to describe plants that have a lot of leaves and are full of life. Verdant is another antonym used to describe the same, meaning green with grass and foliage. Similarly, leaf-covered is used to refer to something that is fully covered in leaves, and leaf-clad to describe something that is clothed or covered with leaves. These antonyms refer to the abundance of foliage and life that surrounds a plant or tree.

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Usage examples for Leafless

The windows did not permit him from his bed to see the leafless trees or the dark woods and distant hills.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
It made no difference whether the Abbey towers and the North Ride chimneys were visible or invisible; no screen of trees, whether leafless as now or carrying the full weight of foliage, could really screen them from him; they were inside him, together with all that they had once signified, a part of himself.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
Puffs of white steam from the engine flew across and were lost in the leafless trees.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black

Famous quotes with Leafless

  • The empty beds of rivers fill again; Trees leafless now renew their vernal bloom; Returning moons their lustrous phase resume; But man a second youth expects in vain.*
    Somadeva
  • We came to a tree which was still bare, and on which the birds were singing out gaily in the morning, without any fear of us. Then stooping over like an Indian on the hunt, my companion placed a pebble in the leather of his sling and stretched it. Obeying his peremptory glance I did the same, with frightful twinges of conscience, vowing firmly that I would shoot when he did. At that very moment the church bells began to sound, mingling with the song of the birds in the sunshine. It was the warning bell that came a half-hour before the main bell. For me it was a voice from heaven. I threw the sling down, scaring the birds away, so that they were safe from my companion's sling, and fled home. And ever afterwards when the bells of Holy Week ring out amidst the leafless trees in the sunshine I remember with moving gratitude how they rang into my heart at that time the commandment: Thou shalt not kill.
    Albert Schweitzer
  • White as the blossoms which the almond tree, Above its bald and leafless branches bears.
    Margaret Junkin Preston
  • Within the sober realm of leafless trees, The russet year inhaled the dreamy air; Like some tanned reaper, in his hour of ease, When all the fields are lying brown and bare.
    Thomas Buchanan Read
  • I see them, crowd on crowd they walk the earth, Dry leafless trees no autumn wind laid bare; And in their nakedness find cause for mirth, And all unclad would winter's rudeness dare; No sap doth through their clattering branches flow, Whence springing leaves and blossoms bright appear; Their hearts the living God have ceased to know, Who gives the springtime to th' expectant year.
    Jones Very

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