UPLAND Antonyms
uplands
Best Opposite Words For UPLAND
| Word | Save | Syns.. | Usage | Type | ||
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| lowland | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • of relatively low or level country noun • low level country | ||||||
| bog | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel verb • cause to slow down or get stuck • get stuck while doing something | ||||||
| desert | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment • arid land with little or no vegetation verb • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch • desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army • leave behind | ||||||
| fen | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China • low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | ||||||
| flat | adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj | |||||
adjective • lacking contrast or shading between tones • (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone noun • a level tract of land • a shallow box in which seedlings are started • a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named • freight car without permanent sides or roof • a deflated pneumatic tire • scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting • a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house adverb • with flat sails • in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly adjective satellite • having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another • having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness • not modified or restricted by reservations • stretched out and lying at full length along the ground • flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) • lacking taste or flavor or tang • lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting • having lost effervescence • sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch • horizontally level • lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth • not reflecting light; not glossy • commercially inactive | ||||||
| heath | nounn | |||||
noun • a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers • a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation | ||||||
| marsh | nounn | |||||
noun • low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water • United States painter (1898-1954) • New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982) | ||||||
| meadow | nounn | |||||
noun • a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay | ||||||
| moor | nounn | |||||
noun • open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss • one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century verb • secure in or as if in a berth or dock • come into or dock at a wharf • secure with cables or ropes | ||||||
| plain | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • not elaborate or elaborated; simple • lacking patterns especially in color noun • extensive tract of level open land • a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side adverb • unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') adjective satellite • clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment • not mixed with extraneous elements • free from any effort to soften to disguise • lacking embellishment or ornamentation • lacking in physical beauty or proportion verb • express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | ||||||
| prairie | nounn | |||||
noun • a treeless grassy plain | ||||||
| savanna | nounn | |||||
noun • a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions | ||||||
| steppe | nounn | |||||
noun • extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) | ||||||
| swamp | nounn | |||||
noun • low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog • a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables verb • drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid | ||||||
| valley | nounn | |||||
noun • a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river | ||||||
| wetland | nounn | |||||
noun • a low area where the land is saturated with water | ||||||