forestal

Of the woods

Forestal means relating to forests or forestry: forestal management, forestal resources.

The word is formal and uncommon, appearing mainly in legal, administrative, or technical contexts where *forest* as an adjective would serve most speakers. *Forested* or *forest* usually works better in ordinary prose.

foresight

anticipation

State of awaiting something

forecast · preparation · readiness · prescient · visionary · forethought · planning · contingency · prognosticate · envision

preemption

averting

Preventing by action

deterrence · preclusion · interdiction · prophylactic · circumvention · blocking · thwarting · intercepting · obstructing · precautionary

obstruction

blocking

Impeding forward progress

interception · interference · stoppage · barricade · prevention · halting · checking · impeding · deterrent · obstacle

Opposites
land cover/ecosystem type

forestalbarren

Unable to produce

desert · treeless · deforested · arid · grassland

development status

forestalurban

Pertaining to cities

metropolitan · industrial · developed · built-up · suburban

Phrases
Family

forest, forests, forestall, forestry, deforestation, deforest, forestalling, reforestation, reforest

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