'Sylvan' definitions:
Definition of 'sylvan'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Sylvan'
From: GCIDE
- Sylvan \Syl"van\, a. [See Silvan, a.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic. [1913 Webster]
- The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sylvan'
From: GCIDE
- Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See Silvan, a.] A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic. [1913 Webster]
- Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless sylvans all access denied. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sylvan'
From: GCIDE
- Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [Sylva + furfuran.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also {methyl tetrol}, or methyl furfuran. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'sylvan'
From: GCIDE
- Silvan \Sil"van\, a. [L. silva, less correctly sylva, a wood or grove, perh. akin to Gr. "y`lh; cf. L. Silvanus Silvanus the god of woods: cf. F. sylvain silvan. Cf. Savage.] Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody. [Written also sylvan.] [1913 Webster]
- Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene Appears above, and groves forever green. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sylvan'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afforestational,
- arboreous,
- back,
- back of beyond,
- back-country,
- backwood,
- backwoods,
- backwoodsy,
- bosky,
- braky,
- bushy,
- copsy,
- dendrologic,
- forest,
- forestal,
- forested,
- hinterland,
- outback,
- reforestational,
- scrubby,
- shrubby,
- silvicultural,
- timbered,
- up-country,
- virgin,
- waste,
- wild,
- wilderness,
- wooded,
- woodland,
- woodsy,
- woody