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- pronunciation:
- vuhr
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
covered with vegetation.
The rainfall makes the hills verdant.- similar words:
- green, lush
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| definition 2: |
green.
The red and yellow of the leaves on the trees contrasted prettily with the verdant grass on the hills.- similar words:
- green
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(adj.)verdant
+ noun
acre,
backdrop,
backyard,
beauty,
campus,
canopy,
countryside,
cow,
expanse,
fairway,
farmland,
field,
foliage,
foothill,
forest,
garden,
green,
grove,
hall,
hill,
hillside,
island,
isle,
jungle,
land,
landscape,
lawn,
meadow,
mountain,
oasis,
paradise,
pasture,
plain,
rain,
ranch,
region,
river,
setting,
shore,
tree,
valley,
village,
vision,
west,
wood
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| derivations: |
verdantly (adv.), verdancy (n.) |
The word verdant
contains the following parts:
verd
Latin
root
that means green
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- chlor, chloro
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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