Desert Synonyms and Antonyms

dĕzərt
A tract of unproductive land
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. wilderness
  2. waste
  3. badlands
  4. sahara
  5. barren
  6. sand
  7. wastelands
  8. barren plains
  9. barrens
  10. arid region
  11. deserted region
  12. sand-dunes
  13. lava beds
  14. uncultivated expanse
  15. infertile area
  16. infertile region
  17. salt-flats
  18. wasteland
  19. alkali-flats
  20. abandoned country
  21. dust bowl
Antonyms:
  1. arable
  2. fertile
  3. cultivated
  4. productive
  5. ocean
  6. water
Something justly deserved.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. reward
  2. due
  3. Often used in plural: comeuppance
  4. abandonment
  5. guerdon
  6. abdication
  7. abrogation
  8. abscondence
  9. recompense
  10. absentation
  11. absquatulation
  12. apostasy
  13. defection
  14. wage
  15. desertion
  16. meed
  17. merit
  18. renunciation
  19. tergiversation
To leave military service, one's post, etc.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. abandon
  2. defect
  3. forsake
  4. abscond
  5. decamp
  6. leave
  7. be absent without leave
  8. abandon one's post
  9. sneak-off
  10. make-off
  11. run away from duty
  12. abdicate
  13. run away from military service
  14. absquatulate
  15. go AWOL
  16. barren
  17. bolt
  18. violate one's oath
  19. leave unlawfully
  20. deserved
  21. elope
  22. go over the hill
  23. flee
  24. rat
  25. quit
  26. take French leave
  27. merited
  28. play-truant
  29. punishment
  30. relinquish
  31. renege
  32. throw over
  33. renounce
  34. reward
  35. run away from
  36. sand
  37. split
  38. tergiversate
  39. wasteland
  40. desolate
Antonyms:
  1. stay
  2. obey
  3. arable
  4. fertile
  5. cultivated
  6. do one's duty. See syn. study at abandon.abandon
  7. productive
  8. ocean
  9. water
  10. come back
  11. do one's duty
  12. help
  13. aid
  14. assist
  15. support
To abandon in time of trouble
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. forsake
  2. apostatize
  3. defect
  4. leave
  5. renegade
  6. tergiversate
  7. turn
  8. quit
  9. rat
Barren, uncultivated
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. barren
  2. deserted
  3. desolate
  4. inarable
  5. infertile
  6. uninhabited
  7. unproductive
  8. waste
Antonyms:
  1. arable
  2. fertile
  3. cultivated
  4. productive

Words Related to Desert

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. rich
  2. keep
  3. approach
  4. trust
  5. jungle
  6. taklamakan
  7. gobi
  8. steppe
  9. sonoran
  10. swampland
  11. parched
  12. semi-desert
  13. mountainous
  14. namib

Desert Sentence Examples

  • The desert night was cold and dark.

  • She turned away from the desert and crossed her arms.

  • A chill descended over the desert compound as the sun set.

  • She trailed, stepping into the chilled desert night.

  • The landing overlooked the parched desert surrounding the black fortress.

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