Stop beating around the bush and give it to me straight!
Source: tatoeba (22320)
Bush
/bʊʃ/
Synonyms for "bush" (138 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (69)
lininglunar landscapelunar wastenational forestoutbackoutpostpackingpaddingpalmetto barrensparkpark forestpine barrensplantprimeval forestprotection forestrain forestreforestationsaharasalt flatscrub
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scrublandscrubwoodselection forestshrubshrubberyshrublandshrubwoodsilviculturesprout foreststand of timberstate foreststickstuffingthe bushtimbertimberlandtimberstree velduninhabited regionup countryup-countryvirgin forestvirgin landvirgin territorywaddingwainscotwastewastelandweary wastewildwild westwildernesswildswildwoodwoodwoodlandwoodlandswoods
Noun(11 words)
Related word relations
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
9 entriesAustralian outbackbrambleflowering shrubornamental shrubrose bushsavannah bushthickettropical bushundergrowth
Collocations
5 entriesAustralian bushbushfire seasonbushland reservedense bushoutback environment
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بُوش name (surname)
Armenian
1 entries- Բուշ name (surname)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Buş name (surname)
Belarusian
1 entries- Буш name (surname)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Буш name (surname)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 布殊 name (surname)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 布什 name (surname)
- 布希 name (surname)
Dutch
1 entries- bush noun (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area)
Finnish
1 entries- metsä noun (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area)
French
4 entries- Bush name (surname)
- brousse noun (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area)
- cambrousse noun (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area)
- maquis noun (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area)
Georgian
1 entries- ბუში name (surname)
German
1 entries- Busch noun (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area)
Greek
1 entries- Μπους name (surname)
Hebrew
1 entries- בוש name (surname)
Hindi
1 entries- बुश name (surname)
Irish
1 entries- iargúltacht noun (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area)
Italian
1 entries- Bush name (surname)
Japanese
1 entries- ブッシュ name (surname)
Korean
1 entries- 부시 name (surname)
Latvian
1 entries- Bušs name (surname)
Macedonian
1 entries- Буш name (surname)
Ndzwani Comorian
1 entries- matsaha class 6 noun (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- Боушъ name (surname)
Persian
1 entries- بوش name (surname)
Portuguese
2 entries- Bush name (surname)
- mato noun (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area)
Russian
1 entries- Буш name (surname)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- Буш name (surname)
Swedish
1 entries- bush noun (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area)
Thai
1 entries- บุช name (surname)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- bus noun (remote undeveloped and uncultivated rural area)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Буш name (surname)
Urdu
1 entries- بش name (surname)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Bu-sơ name (surname)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
Don't beat around the bush.
Source: tatoeba (22322)
We found the stolen bag in this bush.
Source: tatoeba (22791)
Please stop beating around the bush and come straight to the point.
Source: tatoeba (25805)
Showing 4 of 34 available sentences.