defoliated

1. 1.

   deprived of leaves

   Synonymsdefoliate

   Similarleafless

Questions about defoliated

What does defoliated mean?

defoliated means "deprived of leaves".

How many syllables are in defoliated?

defoliated has 5 syllables: de-fo-li-a-ted. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for defoliated?

Close synonyms include defoliate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is defoliated a common word?

defoliated is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.