Link Centre Dictionary

bushy

UK/ˈbɵʃɪj/ US/ˈbʊʃi/ uncommon

adjective

1.

used of hair; thick and poorly groomed

  • “bushy locks”
  • “a shaggy beard”
Synonyms
Similar
2.

resembling a bush in being thickly branched and spreading

Similar

Origin

From bush + -y.

Phrases

  • bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
  • bushy bluestem
  • bushy seaside tansy

Related words

Word family

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.