verdant

adjective

ˈvər-dᵊnt How to pronounce verdant (audio)
Definition of verdantnext
as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth a beautiful, verdant field

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Recent Examples of verdant That verdant vista of a piece of ancient, intricate architecture centered me in storied Osaka and proved a delightfully consistent through line for my stay. — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 Suites are designed with floor-to-ceiling French doors that open onto to the verdant garden and complement the interiors—an homage to the artistic heritage of the region, inspired by masters from Matisse to Picasso. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026 El Paso sits in a verdant opening between arid mountains at the westernmost tip of Texas, at a place where the Rio Grande often runs shallow enough to wade across from Ciudad Juárez, its twin city in Mexico. — Julia Preston, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest is one of Georgia's most lush and verdant gems that stretches for 867,000 mountainous and wooded acres. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for verdant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verdant
  1. lush
  2. green
  3. grown
  4. leafy
  5. dense
Adjective
  • Those included a charmingly cluttered Bucket family home, a lush candyland with the smell of chocolate piped through the Royal Theater to complement the full-size mock chocolate river, and a glass elevator that flew above the audience.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • If your lawn is struggling from summer heat, weeds, or drought, reseeding can revitalize it and help make your lawn look thick and lush.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Definition of lush
Adjective
  • The ornate vehicle holding the coffins is white and green, according to footage from Reuters.
    — Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Flashes of red, green and white glow over the dark waters of Lake Sinclair on a warm Saturday morning in May.
    — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of green
Adjective
  • For families While the vibe is more grown-up, kids are still in for a good time.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2026
  • The first swing was a powerful uppercut, the type of grown-man hack synonymous with no-doubters and moonshots.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
Definition of grown
Adjective
  • Next to seemingly endless rows of bell peppers, sweet corn and leafy greens at B & T Farms stand thousand-gallon drums of nitrogen fertilizer, the cost of which has increased 125% since 2020 amid supply shocks and wars around the world.
    — Chase Hunter, Boston Herald, 6 July 2026
  • That’s adjacent to what is technically a closetless third bedroom, overlooking the leafy treescape, although the listing is staged with it as a separate living room.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 6 July 2026
Definition of leafy
Adjective
  • Videos of the pyrotechnics display show the pitch filling with tall showers of sparks and dense smoke as dozens of fireworks launched upward.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • The rare Saturday night game at the iconic North Side ballpark started an hour late due to rain, then fog billowed in from the north starting in the second inning and got denser.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of dense

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