Synonyms of wilderness

wilderness

noun

ˈwil-dər-nəs 

as in wild

that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation

released the wolf back into the wilderness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wild
• desert
• country
• outdoors
• out-of-doors
• frontier
• bush
• open
• open air
• nature
• backwoods
• hinterland
• without
• wasteland
• sticks
• outside
• up-country
• barren
• badland
• waste

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wilderness

For more than 30 years, Bachelor continued to be one of the largest Bengal tigers ever recorded in the Indian wilderness. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

Though this occurred over a sparsely populated wilderness, the incident sparked a major cleanup operation by Canada and the United States, along with a significant diplomatic flap and the payment of millions of dollars by the Soviets for damages. — David Szondy july 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026

Dogs became the hard wall between soft huts and the wilderness. — Steve Searles, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

The Everglades, Florida's subtropical wilderness, are sprawling, biologically diverse and of great ecological and historical significance. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 8 July 2026