bushiness

Dense foliage quality

Bushiness is the quality of being bushy—thick, spreading, and somewhat unruly.

The word applies most often to hair, eyebrows, beards, or plant growth: The bushiness of his mustache made him look older.

It suggests dense volume rather than neat trimming.

density

thickness

Depth of material

lushness · plushness · shagginess · bristliness · furriness · heaviness · bulkiness · luxuriance · richness · coarseness

unkempt

shaggy

Long, coarse, untidy

unkempt · scruffy · tousled · uncombed · untrimmed · straggly · matted · bedraggled · ragged · frowzy

growth

foliage

Plant's leafy covering

greenery · verdancy · leafiness · sprawl · spreading · thickening · branching · undergrowth · shrubby · hedgerow

Opposites
density/thickness of growth

bushinesssparseness

Lack of density

thinness · scantiness · baldness · bareness · scarcity

neatness/appearance

bushinessneatness

State of being tidy

trimness · tidiness · sleekness · orderliness · smoothness

Family

bush, bushes, bushy, underbrush, bushing, bushier, bushiest, busher

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G