grassland

noun

grass·​land ˈgras-ˌland 

1

: farmland occupied chiefly by forage plants and especially grasses

2

a

: land on which the natural dominant plant forms are grasses and forbs

b

: an ecological community in which the characteristic plants are grasses

Synonyms of grassland

• prairie
• steppe
• plain
• savanna

Examples of grassland in a Sentence

stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa

Recent Examples on the Web

Researchers collected 32 individuals from the Serra do Quiriri region, a breathtaking landscape of high grasslands and cloud forests in southern Brazil. —Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Dec. 2025

The habitat shifted from warm, humid, subtropical forest to cooler, drier landscapes dominated by woodland and emerging grassland. —New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025

This viewpoint is backed by recent research that found the impact of grazing on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning exceeds the sustainable capacity of drier grassland regions. —Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025

Anwar Attar/iStock/Getty The grassland plains of Bahraich district lie about 30 miles south of the border with Nepal, where thick forests cover the Himalayan foothills. —CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Rhymes for grassland

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand

Kids Definition

grassland

noun

grass·​land -ˌland 

: land covered with herbs (as grasses and clover) rather than shrubs and trees