Describing Wordsfor Terrain

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Here are some adjectives for terrain: cold and semiarid, torrid, dry, temperate interior, foggy, windy, sparse and erratic, sunny and relatively dry, continental and maritime, rougher, higher, meager and very erratic, humid, rainy, humid, cloudy, always hot and humid, new and jagged, barren syrian, abominable, sterile, rough planetary, brushy, rocky, completely new and mystical, unfamiliar urban, unworldly jagged, flat table-top, choppy mountainous, sometimes mountainous, dangerously uneven, intermediate, indeterminate, rocky and unfamiliar, unexpectedly rough, cold, unmarked, unknown and undoubtedly rough, harsh and primitive. You can get the definitions of these terrain adjectives by clicking on them. You might also like some words related to terrain (and find more here).

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Words to Describe terrain

Below is a list of describing words for terrain. You can sort the descriptive words by uniqueness or commonness using the button above. Sorry if there's a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn't perfect, but it does a pretty good job for most common nouns. Here's the list of words that can be used to describe terrain:

cold and semiarid torrid, dry temperate interior foggy, windy sparse and erratic sunny and relatively dry continental and maritime rougher, higher meager and very erratic humid, rainy humid, cloudy always hot and humid new and jagged barren syrian abominable, sterile rough planetary brushy, rocky completely new and mystical unfamiliar urban unworldly jagged flat table-top choppy mountainous sometimes mountainous dangerously uneven
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intermediate, indeterminate rocky and unfamiliar unexpectedly rough cold, unmarked unknown and undoubtedly rough harsh and primitive often uneven distant and rocky coldest or most mountainous unfamiliar, rough familiar, unremarkable barren, open harsh, extreme uneven and wet bleak, hostile such lumpy heretofore neutral icily mountainous steep mountainous older, southern difficult, rocky drab brownish insurmountably rough awesomely rugged typically volcanic difficult, slow superficially familiar evidently unfamiliar nearest rough undoubtedly rough truly dreary arid and semiarid local mountainous windswept, snow-covered completely flat and barren extremely rugged and barren ambiguous, invisible harshly hostile worst and most confusing moonlit, glacial dank and treacherous rugged, volcanic hazy, moonlike unknown, bleak spongy, waterlogged rugged and sometimes barren physical or digital monotonous, flat unidentifiable, useless otherwise stable such foggy randomly rough and strange randomly rough hard, volcanic rough, hostile progressively difficult rough, inhospitable tough wooded correct rocky extraordinarily hot and dry rugged and generally inaccessible open and even barren continental, arid and semiarid singularly variegated hot, humid hostile and barren rocky, undulating much treacherous relatively unfamiliar hardly ideal limited rough unknown and potentially dangerous always hot more scary hot and humid halfway familiar such unremarkable impassable rocky old and outdated flattest, dullest semiarid preferred smooth mostly northern increasingly rough barren, airless new and mystical dead bare difficult, uneven frosty snowy sinuous, reptilian depressing and alien rough, off-road hellishly rugged ancient, unmarked soggy, unpromising unfamiliar, empty already shifty rocky, iced abnormally smooth further, harsher dramatic moonlit raw and unwholesome familiar rocky rugged and unknown bleak, arid relatively flat and negotiable swampy, humid inexplicably stable dismal but infinitely preferable impassable and equally muddy sometimes impenetrable down unfamiliar dangerously craggy sometimes barren absolutely flat and open steep, trackless appalling, unknown airless, alien safe everyday hilly tropical brushy or steep utterly arid and desolate rocky harsh bumpy, rocky exactly open wildly romantic and irregular tactically flat real-time fractal bizarre undersea heavily wooded or watery wooded or watery truly sci-fi dire turbulent inhospitable, insane otherwise mountainous metonymical totally unimproved painfully open improbable and impenetrable artificially constricted scabrous, rocky artificial and highly geometric rugged and heavily wooded jagged, leafy empty, rugged predominant natural vast, mountainous chaotic airless gritty, one-dimensional largely undisturbed snowy mountainous much lunar treacherously rocky fundamentally uncooperative steeper, rougher rocky, uphill increasingly hotter hostile and increasingly hotter insidious and unidentifiable generally rugged generally inaccessible difficult interior such uninviting more inhospitable largely uncharted such tricky rugged, difficult down uneven ragged, rocky uneven, rocky rough uphill rough and dense clearly critical rough and strange incredibly rough rough, muddy uneven snow-covered possibly difficult relatively dry rugged, irregular possibly unsafe nearly barren slightly rougher rough alien such mountainous ordinarily familiar such featureless vast bleak familiar pockmarked difficult, tricky stony, rugged romantic and irregular highly hostile arid and rugged high or rugged rocky, red endlessly flat such constricted entire shadowy steep, impossible wild and unfamiliar unforgiving and hostile blank rocky entire jagged undulating dusty flat snow-covered arid, sun-baked often windy rugged mountainous rough, mountainous completely new such unforgiving unique psychological endless, unbroken rough and treacherous such uneven truly mountainous rugged, mountainous such lush rugged, precipitous moderately rough uninspected rocky, uneven such inhospitable mostly flat largely uninhabited rugged, uneven miserable and painful rough and wild rugged, untamed rugged male naturally defensive rugged glacial fairly rugged airless, empty increasingly rocky rocky, snow-covered jagged mountainous meager and erratic dry, dusty more mountainous barren, rugged cherry-flavored desolate, sandy whole formidable almost uninhabitable far rougher hot muggy cold and harsh difficult rocky harsh and inhospitable earthquake-ravaged impossibly bad hard, inhospitable utterly arid grey, rocky low and desolate difficult mountainous rough, corrugated naggingly familiar highly geometric wooded, mountainous extraordinarily hot already flat better defensive rough and smooth mountainous humid relatively gentle rocky, sandy extremely rugged infinitely preferable increasingly rugged merely familiar rough and wooded particularly rugged rough coastal uniformly flat barren lunar rough and difficult stark and lifeless treacherous and unfamiliar suddenly bleak uneven and rocky bleak lunar rough and uneven steep and treacherous familiar and unfamiliar vast secret relatively flat least solid endless flat maddeningly monotonous flat, swampy broad undulating reasonably flat flat, muddy less salubrious rugged and dangerous completely flat complex and dangerous extremely rough more rugged subtropical cold and rocky rough, barren less rough dry, rusty open, barren extremely mountainous silent, gray rugged such difficult generally flat steep, grassy almost unknown uneven such rugged table-top muddy and slippery dirty beige utterly familiar rocky coastal more undulating standard open largely empty tropical less flat rugged, barren barren, rocky vast, snow-covered once-vast otherwise flat particularly rough vague, undefined more arid rocky rocky, desolate otherwise featureless rugged and inhospitable almost pastoral wide, rough extremely intricate much rougher more uneven rougher hot and dry ominous new arid, rocky long and rugged real defensive mostly barren bleak rocky fairly open equally muddy lightly wooded dry, high rough flat hard and merciless flat, rocky seemingly impassable <p>natural distinct geological vast snowy such rocky spectacularly beautiful jagged rocky more unpredictable same undulating relatively open rough natural rugged and barren cold, vicious less uncertain rough, dangerous supposedly impenetrable barren and rugged whole intricate green and brown flat, featureless rugged gray bleak upland flattest lush, green other rugged torrid rocky, barren strange and difficult otherwise inaccessible unfamiliar comparatively smooth subglacial such unknown nearly flat rough rough dry relatively smooth nearly lifeless bleak and rugged much sheer rainy flat and open dark, uneven open, flat bare and rocky inhospitable flat, sandy remote and difficult steep, rocky difficult just rough apparently impassable off-road more wooded completely unknown barren rocky roughest heavily wooded precipitous flat open fairly rough more obliging nearly impassable perfectly open less hospitable exceptionally difficult brushy relatively easy chaotic entire visible foggy less familiar windy broad new dense tropical same rough such open erratic hard, rocky east interior wooded friendlier steep, rugged rough stony wildly romantic completely open more treacherous arid often hostile mistral dry, dead such rough defensible more unfavorable soft, sandy difficult and dangerous completely unfamiliar still raw flat, open uninviting dark, rocky much rough jagged red uphill absolutely flat hyperdimensional impassable potentially hostile less precipitous climbable more hospitable more difficult roughly rectangular wild and rocky treeless open grassy more normal best defensive waterlogged swampy parklike otherwise barren trackless high wooded strong defensive moonlike greener extremely uncomfortable partly open barren such dangerous temperate useable tortuous unforgiving other difficult rough, uneven unfavorable sparse smooth gray undulating snow-covered bumpy densely wooded more favorable flat craggy such dry such respectable same open maritime bleak airless hostile semi-arid markedly different sometimes dangerous completely alien uninhabitable salubrious cloudy worst possible dry, sandy treacherous more familiar jagged unremarkable steepest such hostile unfit tighter war-torn steep and rugged down steep potentially dangerous wild and rugged muggy flat white featureless tricky strangely familiar steep meager uninhabited unknown uncharted such harsh coastal lumpy volcanic smoother harsh more open negotiable continental wide-open irregular open sunny gently undulating bruising odd-looking perfectly flat hot scary dry now familiar one-dimensional lush soggy maximum possible other literary higher or lower smoothest own mental sun-drenched unmodified moderate unidentifiable unprepared outdated advantageous bare brown impossible vastly superior habitable brownish uncertain desolate steeper social and political sandy familiar lunar unaltered focal dangerous inaccessible equivocal monotonous dullest unmarked muddy tilled abyssal high and low easier daunting lush green far-flung urban rather rough ideal indeterminate coldest unimproved variegated immediate wildest computer-generated constricted dusty porous diversified hallucinatory nether windswept inclement same general cooler more moderate hazardous unguided overall own local local passable perilous corrugated white-clad undefined marginal sun-baked chancy uncooperative rumpled spongy defensive more remote syrian tangled alien pockmarked aqueous scabrous nearby preferable safer radically different sterile inimical lifeless three-dimensional low-lying worse convoluted worst favorable physical old general dizzying fertile planetary polar cancerous much real strangest undifferentiated tremulous sci-fi stylistic deep, dark unexplored undersea warmer mercurial suitable observable imaginable impenetrable hospitable sun-warmed intermediate real-world moonlit fractal neutral dark-green grassy small-scale astral unsuitable dependable upland freer higher linear natural stony tough optimum skeletal glacial mystical whole new ragged gentler supernal murderous old familiar dreary mobile ochre furrowed cultural identifiable undeveloped stable possible faceless old, old reptilian key unwelcome unformed unsafe awesome slippery fictional hotter abominable bad underwater flat-topped tougher confusing bloodless arctic scorched precarious smooth cold more distant snowy more comfortable crumpled easiest shifty shady unpredictable nouveau unpromising upcoming superior specific actual murky softer virgin strange decent sinuous unyielding insubstantial harsher limited sleepy ideological unwholesome gross more terrible complementary broader powdery cloudless prominent wild ambiguous easy scarlet ecological digital angular verdant noticeable wider appalling icy critical green complex wispy untamed psychological rightful everyday northern hopeful bare brown wrinkled iced crazed geometric distant visible dismal particular different empty orbital beige nearer toughest more dangerous median vast illusory insidious radioactive clearest hazy nasty gritty undisturbed impoverished hard mysterious nebulous clear dense wet maroon stark intricate clearer normal vicious weird peruvian minuscule fatal slick admirable unpleasant lonesome obliging vibrant uninteresting grand able watery violent artificial dominant unbroken vacant political interesting smoky own particular exotic lethal shaggy abrupt eerie endless mangled improbable foreign immense geological vague depressing diseased dank black-and-white exacting wrong relevant uncompromising mild invariable similar major molten available strict uncomfortable unseen nondescript characteristic trial unstable older insane emotional solid exclusive raw maximum nearest strategic remote gray southern lower extravagant unaccustomed principal questionable pastoral horrible primeval frigid imperial general synthetic primitive leafy whole literary new entire slow excellent distinctive oncoming scarred imaginary promising high underground black and white veritable wicked invisible odd native nocturnal gentle fearsome turbulent rectangular electronic dark inhuman formidable extreme turkish reasonable secret blank visual naked outer vital academic spectacular merciless peculiar shadowy silent terrible social

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Words to Describe terrain

As you've probably noticed, adjectives for "terrain" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this website, the top 5 adjectives for "terrain" are: cold and semiarid, torrid, dry, temperate interior, foggy, windy, and sparse and erratic. There are 995 other words to describe terrain listed above. Hopefully the above generated list of words to describe terrain suits your needs.

If you're getting strange results, it may be that your query isn't quite in the right format. The search box should be a simple word or phrase, like "tiger" or "blue eyes". A search for words to describe "people who have blue eyes" will likely return zero results. So if you're not getting ideal results, check that your search term, "terrain" isn't confusing the engine in this manner.

Note also that if there aren't many terrain adjectives, or if there are none at all, it could be that your search term has an abiguous part-of-speech. For example, the word "blue" can be an noun and an adjective. This confuses the engine and so you might not get many adjectives describing it. I may look into fixing this in the future. You might also be wondering: What type of word is terrain?

Describing Words

The idea for the Describing Words engine came when I was building the engine for Related Words (it's like a thesaurus, but gives you a much broader set of related words, rather than just synonyms). While playing around with word vectors and the "HasProperty" API of conceptnet, I had a bit of fun trying to get the adjectives which commonly describe a word. Eventually I realised that there's a much better way of doing this: parse books!

Project Gutenberg was the initial corpus, but the parser got greedier and greedier and I ended up feeding it somewhere around 100 gigabytes of text files - mostly fiction, including many contemporary works. The parser simply looks through each book and pulls out the various descriptions of nouns.

Hopefully it's more than just a novelty and some people will actually find it useful for their writing and brainstorming, but one neat little thing to try is to compare two nouns which are similar, but different in some significant way - for example, gender is interesting: "woman" versus "man" and "boy" versus "girl". On an inital quick analysis it seems that authors of fiction are at least 4x more likely to describe women (as opposed to men) with beauty-related terms (regarding their weight, features and general attractiveness). In fact, "beautiful" is possibly the most widely used adjective for women in all of the world's literature, which is quite in line with the general unidimensional representation of women in many other media forms. If anyone wants to do further research into this, let me know and I can give you a lot more data (for example, there are about 25000 different entries for "woman" - too many to show here).

The blueness of the results represents their relative frequency. You can hover over an item for a second and the frequency score should pop up. The "uniqueness" sorting is default, and thanks to my Complicated Algorithm™, it orders them by the adjectives' uniqueness to that particular noun relative to other nouns (it's actually pretty simple). As you'd expect, you can click the "Sort By Usage Frequency" button to adjectives by their usage frequency for that noun.

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