open country
Land without trees
Open country is land without dense forests, buildings, or other obstructions—terrain you can see across and move through freely.
The phrase suggests expansive rural or wild landscape: They rode for miles through open country.
It contrasts with wooded, urban, or otherwise enclosed terrain.
- heathOpen land with shrubs
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
- rolling hillsGently rising, falling landscape
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
moorland · rangeland · cattle drive · savanna · frontier spirit · wilderness · prairie · outback · off the beaten path · farming · solitude · grazing · expanse · horizon · tundra · sky · plain · vista
- Footpathsfootpath, footpaths, public footpath, bridleway, bridleways
- raptor habitatsaeries, eyries, cliff face, cliffs, cliff faces
- backcountrybackcountry, backwoods, backpacking, bushwhacking, wilderness
open countryforest
Tree-dense ecosystem
dense forest · woodland · jungle · rainforest · timberland
open countrycity
Large populated area
urban area · metropolis · built-up area · cityscape · downtown
open countryenclosed space
Area sealed within boundaries
confined space · interior · tunnel · cramped quarters · indoors
open, country, opening, openly, opened, countryside, opener, reopen, unopened