arboreal
Plural: arboreals
Adjective
- Relating to, resembling, or living in trees.
- of or relating to or formed by trees
- inhabiting or frequenting trees
- "arboreal apes"
Adjective Satellite
- resembling a tree in form and branching structure
Adj
- Of, relating to, or resembling a tree.
- Living in or among trees.
- Covered or filled with trees.
Noun
- Any tree-dwelling creature.
Examples
- His gameplay style was arboreal, always building words upwards from the base.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin arboreus (“tree-like”) + -al, mid-17th century.
Synonyms
arborary, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arborical, arboriform, arborous, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-living, tree-shaped, treelike
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
arboreal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordarboreal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
arboreal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary