Forrest

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of forest. alt-of, obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A topographical surname from Middle English for someone who lived or worked in a Royal forest (area of woodland reserved for hunting).

    "Whether it is the soul food restaurant on 38th Street, where he and his father and trainer, Jack Mosley, dined earlier in the week, or at the workouts leading up Saturday's WBC welterweight championship rematch against Vernon Forrest at Conseco Fieldhouse, Mosley cannot go anywhere without hearing the shouts of supporters who want to get close to him."

  2. 2
    A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A town in the Shire of Colac Otway, south western Victoria, Australia

Example

More examples

"Professor Forrest F. Cleveland began publishing Molecular Spectroscopy entirely in Interlingua."

Related phrases

Forrest CityForrest CountyForrest Gump

More for "forrest"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.