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Synonyms for wilderness

noun

primitive area, wastelands, waste, wastes, back country, the woods, the North woods, primeval forest, uninhabited region; see also desert, forest. See syn. study at waste.

See wilderness in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun
  1. A tract of unproductive land:

    badlands, barren (often used in plural), desert1, waste, wasteland. See rich
  2. An uninhabited region left in its natural state:

    bush, wild, wildness. See wild

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