Synonyms of glades

glades

noun

plural of glade

as in meadows

a grassy open space in a forest

Related Words

• meadows
• pastures
• grasslands
• moors
• clearings
• heaths
• heathlands
• tracts
• leas
• pasturelands
• grounds
• grasses
• plots
• commons
• fields
• plats
• parcels
• lawns
• lots
• green
• crofts
• greenswards

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of glades

The terrain favors glades and varied pitches, and the compact base keeps logistics simple. — Caroline Tell, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026

On the one hand, winter brings fresh powder, steep descents, and the chance to traverse beautiful glades. — Graham Averill, Outside, 16 Jan. 2026

The mountain doesn’t let any of that powder go to waste, keeping a lax in-bounds policy that allows skiers of any and all levels to find their perfect glades. — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026

Today, Vail is one of the country’s largest ski areas, with more than 5,300 acres and dozens of lifts that spread snow-chasers across front-side cruisers and glades, and to the kind of back-bowl skiing that people plan whole trips around. — Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2025

Visitors can ski on open runs, glades, cliffs and chutes, with the longest runs and most vertical drop in the Midwest, a good challenge for experienced skiers. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 3 Dec. 2025

The terrain offers a little of everything—long groomers, steep, off-piste glades, and even 20km of Nordic skiing if that’s more your speed. — Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 17 Nov. 2025

The Deep Temerity area, serviced by a dedicated chairlift, holds a network of vertigo-inducing steeps, glades, and narrow chutes. — Charles Curkin, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025

Pygmy rattlesnakes are found near water and sometimes in rocky uplands, pine woods and glades, according to the TWRA. — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025