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BRIER Synonyms

There are 20 synonyms of the word brier. (exact relations)
There are 11 hypernyms of the word brier. (close relations)
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briar
nounn
noun

• Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

• a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

• evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

• a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath

bramble
nounn
noun

• any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines

bush
verb, nounv, n
noun

• 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

• a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

• a large wilderness area

• United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974)

• dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

• vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)

• hair growing in the pubic area

adjective satellite

• not of the highest quality or sophistication

verb

• provide with a bushing

hedge
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

• any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change

• an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement

verb

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge

• enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges

• minimize loss or risk

prickly
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• very irritable

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

spiny
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having spines

adjective satellite

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

thorn
nounn
noun

• something that causes irritation and annoyance

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• a Germanic character of runic origin

brierpatch
nounn
noun

• tangled mass of prickly plants

bullbrier
nounn
noun

• a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

catbrier
nounn
noun

• a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

eglantine
nounn
noun

• Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

greenbrier
nounn
noun

• a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

horse-brier
nounn
noun

• a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

sweetbriar
nounn
noun

• Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

sweetbrier
nounn
noun

• Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

brier patch
nounn
noun

• tangled mass of prickly plants

erica arborea
nounn
noun

• evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

rosa eglanteria
nounn
noun

• Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

smilax rotundifolia
nounn
noun

• a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

tree heath
noun

• gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long

• evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

Best Hypernyms For BRIER

Here is a list of related hypernyms for brier, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (10)
botany branchlet erica flora rose rosebush sprig twig vegetation vine
Phrases (1)
true heath

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