sylvan

Of the woods

Sylvan means relating to woods or forests, or characteristic of them—wooded, shaded, peaceful.

The word is literary and evokes pastoral settings: a sylvan glade, sylvan surroundings.

It suggests natural beauty untouched by development.

A sylvan scene might appear in poetry or real estate listings for rural properties.

woodland

forest

Tree-dense ecosystem

  • groveSmall stand of trees
  • gladeWoodland's open space
  • treesWoody plants with trunks

canopy · underbrush · thicket · copse · spinney · coppice · timberland · woodlot · clearing · dell

mythical

nymphs

Minor female nature deities

pan · elves · sprites · fauns · enchanted · Arcadia · Avalon · fae · pixies · folklore

pastoral

bucolic

Idyllically rural

rustic · Arcadian · peaceful · unspoiled · meadow · green · scenic · picturesque · natural · harmonious

Categories
Opposites
landscape and vegetation

sylvantreeless

Having no woods

unwooded · urban · barren · deforested · bare

development and urbanization

sylvanurban

Pertaining to cities

metropolitan · citified · industrial · suburban · developed

aesthetic character

sylvanindustrial

Of factories and production

urban · mechanical · artificial · refined · polished

Family

silviculture, silvan

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G