Synonyms of prairies

prairies

noun

plural of prairie

as in plains

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country

you can see for miles in every direction on the prairie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plains
• steppes
• grasslands
• savannas
• pampas
• meadows
• moors
• tundras
• heaths
• llanos
• downs
• fields
• velds
• leas
• campos
• lowlands
• champaigns
• bottomlands
• plateaus
• uplands
• floodplains
• flats
• tables
• tablelands
• bottoms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prairies

Paddling, hiking or staying overnight at the Orlando-area’s outdoor gems showcases Florida’s unique habitats, including pine flatwoods, wetlands, hydric hammocks, scrubs, and open prairies. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026

In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Arbor Hills has wooded paths, open prairies, and even a creek, presenting the whole package to any outdoorsman without ever leaving the confines of the city. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Vintage finds, including an antique Swedish farm table, sit alongside custom bronze racks, while a swath of grass has been installed along the length of the shopfront window, nodding to the prairies of Wescoat Pound’s native Midwest. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Over his shoulder was an enormous portrait of the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader Carrie Nation, an icon of resistance to the excesses of the first Gilded Age, when similar discontent had roiled the prairies. — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Yet the black-footed ferret remains the face of conservation of the prairies. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026

The prairies’ clayey soils and other characteristics suppress tree growth, but allow native grasses, wildflowers and other herbaceous plants to thrive. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Radical Change Several decades ago, in the dry prairies of eastern Washington, Pamela Soltis and Douglas Soltis began tracking a polyploidy event. — Carrie Arnold contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026