thicket
Tangled brush patch
A thicket is a dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees—vegetation too tangled to walk through easily.
The word extends to any dense tangle: a thicket of regulations, a thicket of legal complications.
Something described as a thicket is difficult to navigate or sort through.
Dense low forest vegetation
- shrubberyPlanted area of bushes
- copseSmall group of trees
- brushwoodCut or fallen branches
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
grove · bramble · briar · scrub · bush · hedge · hedgerow · foliage
Impossible to pass through
- overgrownExcessively covered in vegetation
- lushRichly abundant in growth
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- mattedTangled into clumps
knotted · intertwined · choked · jungle · wild · verdant · impassable · pathless
Puzzle of passages
- tangleTwisted mass of strands
- webInterwoven filament structure
- morassSwampy, confusing situation
- labyrinthIntricate passage network
complexity · snarl · jumble · quagmire · knot · confusion · entanglement · intricacy
Secret place of refuge
- hiding placeConcealed refuge location
- coverProtect by overlaying
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- shelterProtected place or structure
lair · den · retreat · sanctuary · bolt-hole · escape · seclusion · safe haven
underbrush
Dense low forest vegetation
undergrowth · grove · bramble · briar · scrub · bush · hedge · hedgerow · foliage · greenery
forest
Tree-dense ecosystem
woodlot · timberland · stand · clearing · glade · dell · hollow · covert · brake · canebrake
impenetrable
Impossible to pass through
- overgrownExcessively covered in vegetation
- lushRichly abundant in growth
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
matted · knotted · intertwined · choked · jungle · wild · verdant · impassable · pathless · trackless
maze
Puzzle of passages
labyrinth · complexity · snarl · jumble · quagmire · knot · confusion · entanglement · intricacy · muddle
hideout
Secret place of refuge
- hiding placeConcealed refuge location
- coverProtect by overlaying
- concealmentAct of hiding something
shelter · lair · den · retreat · sanctuary · bolt-hole · escape · seclusion · safe haven · ambush
- forestswoods, pine trees, deciduous forest, maple trees, coniferous forest
- South African natureprotea, rooibos, veld, Table Mountain, Kruger
- foresttrees, pine, oak, woods, wood
- ecosystemsrainforest, forest, desert, jungle, ocean
- landscapesmountain, valley, hills, landscape, scenery
- woodlandoak tree, oak trees, beech, oaks, birch
thicketclearing
Treeless space in forest
glade · meadow · open field · grassland · prairie
thicketclearing
Treeless space in forest
open space · expanse · void · emptiness · open ground
thicketclearing
Treeless space in forest
open ground · path · trail · passageway · corridor
- thick and thinAll circumstances, good or bad
- thick fogHeavy atmospheric moisture obscuring sight
- thick skinImmunity to criticism
- lay it on thickExaggerate praise or emotion
- thick as thievesIntimately allied and loyal
- through thick and thinAcross all circumstances
thick, thicken, thickness, thickly, thickest, thicknesses, thickets, thicks, unthickened