Desert

/ˈdɛz.ət/

Synonyms for "desert" (360 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (72)

Noun(7 words)
abandonabandoned siteabandoningaridarid regionbarrenbarren land
Adjective(1 words)
abandoned

Strong matches (108)

Noun(11 words)
defect founddefectingdefectsdrydry regionempty placeforsakeforsakingjiltingjiltsleave
Adjective(2 words)
driest areaforsaken

Related words (180)

let downlevantlevellifelesslike parchmentliving spacellanolonelylowlandlowlandslunar landscapelunar marelunar wastelurchmake offmaremaroonmeedmenopausalmerit
Show 145 more words
mesamesillamoormoorlandnicenessnonfertilenonproducingnonproductivenonprolificopen countryopen spaceoutbackpampapampaspass the buckpaymentpeneplainplainplainsplateauplayapleasantnessprairieprofitablenesspull outpunishmentqualityquitquittanceratrecompenserelinquishrenegaderenegerenouncereprisalrepudiaterequitalretributionrevengerewardrewardingnessrightrightsrunrun awayrun away fromrun away withrun for itrun offrun outrun out onsaharasaharansalt flatsalt marshsalt pansandysaplesssavannasebkhasecedesell outshift the blameshift the responsibilityshow the heelssine proleskedaddleskillfulnessskipskip outslip the cablesoundnesssteppesterilestrandsucked drysuperioritysupersedeswitchswitch overtabletablelandtake flighttake french leavetake to flighttake wingteemlesstergiversateterrainterritorythirstingthirstythrowthrow overtitletree veldtundraturnturn againstturn cloakturn tailturn traitoruncultivatedundampedunfertileunfruitfuluninhabitedunpeopledunplowedunproductiveunprolificunsownuntilledunwatereduplandusefulnessvacantvacatevalidityvaluevegaveldvirginvirtuevirtuousnesswalk outwastewastedwastelandwaterlesswealdweary wastewhat is duewhat is meritedwholenesswide open spaceswide-open spaceswildwildernesswildnesswildswithout issuewoldworth

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

26 entries
actionareabehaviorbiomeclimate descriptordeservingnessenvironmental descriptorfleeflygeographic featurego awaygo forthlandformleavelocationmerit

Showing 16 of 26 words.

More specific

12 entries
abandoned siteboltcold desertdesert climatedesert ecosystemdesert landscapedesert terrainditchempty lotfleeghost townhot desert

Collocations

13 entries
desert a dutydesert a postdesert animalsdesert climatedesert conditionsdesert ecosystemdesert floradesert in protestdesert landscapedesert one's postdesert plantsdesert regiondesert the army

Inflections

5 entries
deserteddesertingdesertsmore desertlikemost desertlike

Derivations

7 entries

Translations

312 translations across 181 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • ацәҳәыра noun (barren area)

Adyghe

1 entries
  • бгынэн noun (barren area)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • woestyn noun (barren area)

Akkadian

1 entries
  • idīnum noun (barren area)

Albanian

1 entries
  • shkretëtirë noun (barren area)

Amharic

1 entries
  • በረሃ noun (barren area)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بَرّ noun (barren area)
  • صحرا noun (barren area)
  • صحرة noun (barren area)
  • صَحْرَاء noun (barren area)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • מדברא noun (barren area)
  • ܡܕܒܪܐ noun (barren area)

Armenian

1 entries
  • անապատ noun (barren area)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • irnjii noun (barren area)
  • pundii noun (barren area)
  • pustilii noun (barren area)

Assamese

1 entries
  • মৰুভূমি noun (barren area)

Asturian

3 entries
  • desiertu noun (barren area)
  • ermu noun (barren area)
  • desertar verb (to leave military service)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • səhra noun (barren area)
  • çöl noun (barren area)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • сүл noun (barren area)
  • сүллек noun (barren area)

Basque

1 entries
  • basamortu noun (barren area)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Wiastn noun (barren area)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • пусты́ня noun (barren area)
  • дэзерці́раваць verb (to leave military service)

Bengali

1 entries
  • মরুভূমি noun (barren area)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • रेगिस्तान noun (barren area)

Breton

1 entries
  • dezerzh noun (barren area)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • пусти́ня noun (barren area)
  • дезерти́рам verb (to leave military service)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ကန္တာရ noun (barren area)
  • သဲကန္တာရ noun (barren area)

Buryat

1 entries
  • сүл noun (barren area)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • пустыня noun (barren area)

Catalan

2 entries
  • desert noun (barren area)
  • desertar verb (to leave military service)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • دەشت noun (barren area)

Chechen

1 entries
  • гӏум-аре noun (barren area)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎢᎾᎨ noun (barren area)

Chichewa

3 entries
  • chipalamba noun (barren area)
  • chipululu noun (barren area)
  • nkhwangala noun (barren area)

Chinese

4 entries
  • гуәбый noun (barren area)
  • гуәбыйтан noun (barren area)
  • кунтан noun (barren area)
  • савә noun (barren area)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 沙漠 noun (barren area)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 沙漠 noun (barren area)
  • 砂漠 noun (barren area)
  • 叛離 /叛离 verb (to leave military service)
  • 變節 /变节 verb (to leave military service)

Church Slavic

3 entries
  • поустꙑни noun (barren area)
  • ⱂⱆⱄⱅⱏⰹⱀⰻ noun (barren area)
  • ⱂⱆⱄⱅⱏⰻⱀⰻ noun (barren area)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • пушхир noun (barren area)

Czech

2 entries
  • poušť noun (barren area)
  • dezertovat verb (to leave military service)

Danish

2 entries
  • ørken noun (barren area)
  • desertere verb (to leave military service)

Dari

2 entries
  • بِیَابَان noun (barren area)
  • صَحْرَا noun (barren area)

Dutch

3 entries
  • woestenij noun (barren area)
  • woestijn noun (barren area)
  • deserteren verb (to leave military service)

Dutch Low Saxon

1 entries
  • weuste noun (barren area)

Eastern Bontoc

2 entries
  • nakkaiang ay lota noun (barren area)
  • potaw noun (barren area)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 沙漠 noun (barren area)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • U7:D21-G43-N25 noun (barren area)

Emilian

1 entries
  • desêrt noun (barren area)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • dezerto noun (barren area)
  • dizerti verb (to leave military service)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kõrb noun (barren area)

Faroese

2 entries
  • oyða noun (barren area)
  • oyðimørk noun (barren area)

Fiji Hindi

1 entries
  • desert noun (barren area)

Finnish

3 entries
  • aavikko noun (barren area)
  • autiomaa noun (barren area)
  • karata verb (to leave military service)

French

2 entries
  • désert noun (barren area)
  • déserter verb (to leave military service)

Friulian

1 entries
  • disiert noun (barren area)

Galician

3 entries
  • deserto noun (barren area)
  • ermo noun (barren area)
  • desertar verb (to leave military service)

Georgian

1 entries
  • უდაბნო noun (barren area)

German

4 entries
  • Wüeschti noun (barren area)
  • Wüste noun (barren area)
  • Fahnenflucht begehen verb (to leave military service)
  • desertieren verb (to leave military service)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌹𐌳𐌰 noun (barren area)

Greek

2 entries
  • έρημος noun (barren area)
  • λιποτακτώ verb (to leave military service)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • dezè noun (barren area)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 沙漠 noun (barren area)

Hausa

1 entries
  • hamada noun (barren area)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • יְשִׁימוֹן noun (barren area)
  • מִדְבָּר noun (barren area)
  • עָרַק verb (to leave military service)

Hindi

4 entries
  • दश्त noun (barren area)
  • बयाबान noun (barren area)
  • मरु noun (barren area)
  • मरुभूमि noun (barren area)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • sivatag noun (barren area)
  • dezertál verb (to leave military service)
  • megszökik verb (to leave military service)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • auðn noun (barren area)
  • eyðimörk noun (barren area)
  • öræfi noun (barren area)

Ilocano

2 entries
  • desierto noun (barren area)
  • kadaratan noun (barren area)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • gurun noun (barren area)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • liivikko noun (barren area)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • بِیابان noun (barren area)
  • صَحْرا noun (barren area)

Irish

2 entries
  • fásach m1 noun (barren area)
  • gaineamhlach m1 noun (barren area)

Istriot

1 entries
  • dazierto noun (barren area)

Italian

2 entries
  • deserto noun (barren area)
  • disertare verb (to leave military service)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 砂漠 noun (barren area)
  • 荒野 noun (barren area)
  • 変節する verb (to leave military service)
  • 脱営する verb (to leave military service)

Javanese

1 entries
  • segara wedhi noun (barren area)

Kalmyk

2 entries
  • көдә noun (barren area)
  • цөл noun (barren area)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಮರುಭೂಮಿ noun (barren area)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries
  • къуругъан тюз noun (barren area)

Karaim

2 entries
  • данъгъыл noun (barren area)
  • чӧл noun (barren area)

Kashubian

2 entries
  • piôszczëzna noun (barren area)
  • pustiniowi noun (barren area)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • шөл noun (barren area)

Khakas

1 entries
  • сӧл чазы noun (barren area)

Khmer

1 entries
  • វាលខ្សាច់ noun (barren area)

Korean

3 entries
  • 사막 noun (barren area)
  • 변절하다 verb (to leave military service)
  • 탈영하다 verb (to leave military service)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • чёл noun (barren area)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • чөл noun (barren area)

Ladino

1 entries
  • desyerto noun (barren area)

Lak

1 entries
  • чул noun (barren area)

Lao

1 entries
  • ທະເລຊາຍ noun (barren area)

Latin

3 entries
  • desertum noun (barren area)
  • perfugio verb (to leave military service)
  • transfugio verb (to leave military service)

Latvian

2 entries
  • tuksnesis noun (barren area)
  • dezertēt verb (to leave military service)

Limburgish

2 entries
  • weuste noun (barren area)
  • wósdje noun (barren area)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • dykuma noun (barren area)

Lombard

1 entries
  • desert noun (barren area)

Low German

1 entries
  • Wööst noun (barren area)

Lubuagan Kalinga

2 entries
  • igew un lappun tagu noun (barren area)
  • leglegen noun (barren area)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Wüst noun (barren area)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • пустина noun (barren area)
  • дезерти́ра verb (to leave military service)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • efitra noun (barren area)

Malay

2 entries
  • gurun noun (barren area)
  • padang pasir noun (barren area)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മരുഭൂമി noun (barren area)

Maltese

1 entries
  • deżert noun (barren area)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡤᠣᠪᡳ noun (barren area)

Marathi

1 entries
  • वाळवंट noun (barren area)

Middle English

1 entries
  • desert noun (barren area)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • zerto noun (barren area)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • цөл noun (barren area)
  • ᠴᠥᠯ noun (barren area)

Māori

1 entries
  • koraha noun (barren area)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • huāccāīxtlāhuatl noun (barren area)

Navajo

1 entries
  • doo nidahałtingóó noun (barren area)

Nepali

1 entries
  • मरुभूमि noun (barren area)

Newar

1 entries
  • फिसःबुँ noun (barren area)

Norman

4 entries
  • d'sèrt noun (barren area)
  • desert noun (barren area)
  • desert noun (barren area)
  • désaert noun (barren area)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • wüüst noun (barren area)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • beyeban noun (barren area)
  • deşt noun (barren area)
  • sehra noun (barren area)
  • çol noun (barren area)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • ørken noun (barren area)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • ørken noun (barren area)

Occitan

2 entries
  • desèrt noun (barren area)
  • èrm noun (barren area)

Old English

1 entries
  • wēsten noun (barren area)

Old Spanish

3 entries
  • deserto noun (barren area)
  • desierto noun (barren area)
  • disierto noun (barren area)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • ӕдзӕрӕгран noun (barren area)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • چول noun (barren area)
  • قاچمق verb (to leave military service)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • пустиня noun (barren area)

Pashto

2 entries
  • بيابان noun (barren area)
  • صحرا noun (barren area)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Eed noun (barren area)

Polish

3 entries
  • pustynia noun (barren area)
  • dezerterować verb (to leave military service)
  • zdezerterować verb (to leave military service)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • deserto noun (barren area)
  • desertar verb (to leave military service)

Punjabi

4 entries
  • ریگِسْتان noun (barren area)
  • صَحِرا noun (barren area)
  • ਮਾਰੂਥਲ noun (barren area)
  • ਰੇਗਿਸਤਾਨ noun (barren area)

Quechua

1 entries
  • ch'in pacha noun (barren area)

Romanian

3 entries
  • deșert noun (barren area)
  • pustiu noun (barren area)
  • a dezerta verb (to leave military service)

Romansch

3 entries
  • dasiert noun (barren area)
  • desert noun (barren area)
  • desiert noun (barren area)

Russian

2 entries
  • пусты́ня noun (barren area)
  • дезерти́ровать verb (to leave military service)

Samoan

1 entries
  • toafa noun (barren area)

Samogitian

1 entries
  • dīkīnė noun (barren area)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • मरु noun (barren area)
  • मरुभूमि noun (barren area)
  • वालुकाब्धि noun (barren area)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • fàsach noun (barren area)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pústinja noun (barren area)
  • пу́стиња noun (barren area)
  • dezertírati verb (to leave military service)
  • дезерти́рати verb (to leave military service)

Shona

1 entries
  • gwenga noun (barren area)

Shor

1 entries
  • шӧл noun (barren area)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • disertu noun (barren area)

Silesian

1 entries
  • půstyńijo noun (barren area)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • කාන්තාර noun (barren area)

Slovak

2 entries
  • púšť noun (barren area)
  • dezertovať verb (to leave military service)

Slovene

3 entries
  • pustínja noun (barren area)
  • puščava noun (barren area)
  • dezertirati verb (to leave military service)

Somali

1 entries
  • bataax noun (barren area)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • чӧл noun (barren area)

Southern Kalinga

1 entries
  • lagrakan noun (barren area)

Spanish

2 entries
  • desierto noun (barren area)
  • desertar verb (to leave military service)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • dreisabana noun (barren area)

Swahili

1 entries
  • jangwa noun (barren area)

Swedish

2 entries
  • öken noun (barren area)
  • desertera verb (to leave military service)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • disyerto noun (barren area)

Tajik

3 entries
  • биёбон noun (barren area)
  • саҳро noun (barren area)
  • чӯл noun (barren area)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பாலைவனம் noun (barren area)

Tarantino

1 entries
  • deserte noun (barren area)

Tatar

1 entries
  • чүл noun (barren area)

Telugu

2 entries
  • ఎడారి noun (barren area)
  • మరుభూమి noun (barren area)

Thai

1 entries
  • ทะเลทราย noun (barren area)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • བྱེ་ཐང noun (barren area)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • pälkiye noun (barren area)

Tongan

1 entries
  • lala noun (barren area)

Tuareg

1 entries
  • tenere noun (barren area)

Turkish

1 entries
  • çöl noun (barren area)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • çöl noun (barren area)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • кум noun (barren area)

Tuwali Ifugao

1 entries
  • mamaga noun (barren area)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎎𐎄𐎁𐎗 noun (barren area)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • пусте́ля noun (barren area)
  • пусти́ня noun (barren area)
  • дезертува́ти verb (to leave military service)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • pusćina noun (barren area)

Urdu

4 entries
  • بَیابان noun (barren area)
  • بِیابان noun (barren area)
  • دَشْت noun (barren area)
  • ریگِسْتان noun (barren area)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • باياۋان noun (barren area)
  • چۆل noun (barren area)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • biyobon noun (barren area)
  • choʻl noun (barren area)
  • sahro noun (barren area)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • hoang mạc noun (barren area)
  • sa mạc noun (barren area)
  • đào ngũ verb (to leave military service)

Volapük

1 entries
  • däsärt noun (barren area)

Võro

1 entries
  • kõrbõ noun (barren area)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • desyerto noun (barren area)

Welsh

3 entries
  • anialdir noun (barren area)
  • anialwch noun (barren area)
  • diffeithdir noun (barren area)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • woastyn noun (barren area)

Wolof

1 entries
  • yay noun (barren area)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 沙漠 noun (barren area)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • intlango noun (barren area)

Yakut

1 entries
  • кумах куйаар noun (barren area)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מדבר noun (barren area)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • aṣálẹ̀ noun (barren area)

Zulu

2 entries
  • ugwadule class 11/10 noun (barren area)
  • umqothu noun (barren area)

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

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One third of the earth's surface is desert.

Source: tatoeba (19556)

Now there is nothing but desert, where there used to be a fertile plain.

Source: tatoeba (28326)

Camels are often used to travel in the desert.

Source: tatoeba (29813)

A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert.

Source: tatoeba (29814)

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