Arboreal Synonyms and Antonyms

är-bôrē-əl
Inhabiting or frequenting trees
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. arborical
  2. tree-living
  3. arborary
  4. arboreous
  5. arborous
Antonyms:
  1. nonarboreal
Resembling a tree in form and branching structure
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. arboreous
  2. tree-shaped
  3. arborescent
  4. arboresque
  5. arboriform
  6. dendriform
  7. arborical
  8. biforked
  9. dendroid
  10. branchlike
  11. bushlike
  12. dendroidal
  13. citrous
  14. treelike
  15. forklike
  16. nondeciduous
  17. piny
  18. scrubbly
  19. shrubby
  20. shrublike
  21. tridentlike
  22. trifurcate
  23. trifurcated
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Words Related to Arboreal

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. tree-dwelling
  2. insectivorous
  3. herbivorous
  4. insectivore
  5. semi-aquatic

Arboreal Sentence Examples

  • Its arboreal vegetation is richer both in genera and species than that corresponding to it in the Old World.

  • Of Quadrumana there are about fifty species in Brazil, all arboreal, thirty-eight of which inhabit the Amazon region.

  • Long-tailed, terrestrial and arboreal forms. The tree-snakes are mostly green above with the under parts white or yellow.

  • A distinct sub-family, Lophiomyinae, is represented by the Central African arboreal spiny rats, Lophiomys, of which there are two or three species.

  • Some are more or less aquatic, others are absolutely arboreal, others again prefer dry, sandy or rocky localities according to their food.

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