Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "shrub" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

tree

Derived Terms

Shrubya sea shrub semishrub semishrubby shrub celery shrub frog shrub line shrub out shrub ox shrub trimmer shrub up shrubbed shrubbery shrubbing shrubby shrubless shrublike subshrub tea shrub undershrub unshrubbed

Etymologically Related To

sherbet syrup

Context

kenyan english

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ligneous plant woody plant

Type Of (IsA)

woody plant

Related Terms

acid alcoholic branches brandy bush bushes bushy bushy plant decoration fruit juice green leaves leaves branches lemon liqueur liquor lop place of articulation plant preservative prune rum small small bush small plant small tree spirit sugar tree vegetable vinegar yard

Synonym Network

bush

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