wilderness, n.
(wildernesses)
(wildernesses)
a bewildering profusion
<noun.attribute>
wilderness
sample sentences
"the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups""a wilderness of masts in the harbor"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
<noun.location>
wild wilderness
sample sentences
"it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
hypernym
(politics) a state of disfavor
<noun.state>
wilderness
sample sentences
"he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
hypernym