nnoun.state(politics) a state of disfavorTopic:political relationpolitics
Examples:- he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness
Hypernyms:disfavor disfavour
Inherited Hypernyms:wildernessdisfavorrejectionsituationstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.objecta wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil WarRegion:Old DominionOld Dominion StateVAVa.Virginia
Instance Hypernyms:forest timber timberland woodland
Inherited Hypernyms:wildernessforestbiomecommunitygroupabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:wildernessforestlandobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.locationa wild and uninhabited area left in its natural conditionSynset:wild
Examples:- it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers
Derivationally Related Form:wild
Hypernyms:geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region
Inherited Hypernyms:wildernessgeographical arearegionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:barrenbushfrontierwastewasteland
Full Hyponyms:barrenbushfrontierheathoutback
nnoun.attributea bewildering profusionExamples:- the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups
- a wilderness of masts in the harbor
Hypernyms:cornucopia profuseness profusion richness
Inherited Hypernyms:wildernessprofusionabundancequantityamountmagnitudepropertyattributeabstractionentity