wood warbler wood·warb·ler uncommon noun 1. small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song SynonymsNew World warblerwood warbler 2. European woodland warbler with dull yellow plumage Synonymswood warblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix Related words Broader terms Old World warblerwarbler Narrower terms parula warblerWilson's warblerflycatching warblerCape May warbleryellow warblerBlackburnAudubon's warblermyrtle warbler Parts Parulidae WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.