verdant C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈvɜɹ.dənt/ See IPA manual Freq #53760 Meanings 1 adj characterized by the abundance of green foliage The verdant meadow was a perfect place for a picnic. Thesaurus Synonyms boskygreenlylavishlushverduredverdurousviridviridescentirriguous ↔ Opposites barrenleavelessunverdant Word family Related forms greenishverdancyverdantlyverdedverdureverdurousvertvirid Etymology From Middle French verdoyant, from Old French verb verdier, verdoier, from vert (“green”), from Vulgar Latin *virdis, from Latin viridis. *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # verdant **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈvɜɹ.dənt/ **Frequency rank:** 53760 ## Meanings 1. characterized by the abundance of green foliage ## Examples - The verdant meadow was a perfect place for a picnic. ## Synonyms - bosky - greenly - lavish - lush - verdured - verdurous - virid - viridescent - irriguous ## Antonyms - barren - leaveless - unverdant ## Related Forms - greenish - verdancy - verdantly - verded - verdure - verdurous - vert - virid ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *(s)ker- ## Etymology From Middle French verdoyant, from Old French verb verdier, verdoier, from vert (“green”), from Vulgar Latin *virdis, from Latin viridis. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown