Other Words for Desert

Desert Adjective Synonyms
forsake, leave, abandon, jilt, throw over, maroon, strand, leave to twist (slowly) in the wind, run or walk out on, leave flat or in the lurch, leave high and dry
His courage deserted him when he saw the child's eyes. He has deserted his wife for some floozie.

Desert Noun Synonyms
barren, desolate, uninhabited, unpeopled, lonely, deserted, arid, bare, vacant, empty, wild, uncultivated
I was marooned on a desert island.

Desert Verb Synonyms
abscond, quit, run away, defect, abandon, go over the hill
He deserted and will be court-martialled.

waste, wilderness, wasteland, dust bowl
The nearest oasis was fifty miles away across the desert.

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Desert Pavement

Science / Geology / Desert Pavement: A ground cover of granule-size and larger particles that is typically found in arid areas. This ground cover of coarse particles is a residual deposit - formed when the wind selectively removes the sa MORE

Desert Biome

Science / Biology / Desert Biome: Characterized by dry conditions and plants and animals that have adapted to those conditions; found in areas where local or global influences block rainfall. MORE

Mojave Desert

Entertainment / Bowling / Mojave Desert: Very dry lane condition; arid. MORE

Ecosystem

Business / Agriculture / Ecosystem: A functioning community of nature that includes fauna and flora together with the chemical and physical environment with which they interact. Ecosystems vary greatly in size and characteristics: an ec MORE

High Tea

Lifestyle / Tea / High Tea: The name given to a meal served late afternoon to early evening which is a mixture of afternoon tea and dinner. The meal comprises of a main entree dish sometimes a pudding or desert served with brea MORE

Dry Line

Science / Weather / Dry Line: The boundary between the dry desert air mass of the Southwest U.S. and the moist air mass from the Gulf of Mexico. It usually lies north-south across the central and southern High Plains states during MORE