Synonyms for foliage
ˈfoʊ li ɪdʒfo·liage

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.6 / 16 votes

1. leaf, leafage, foliagenoun

   the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

   Synonyms:
   foliation, folio, leafage, leaf

2. foliation, foliagenoun

   (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament

   Synonyms:
   foliation, leafing, leafage, leaf

Matched Categories

1. • Architectural Ornament
   • Architecture
   • Plant Organ

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. foliagenoun

   Synonyms:
   leaves, clusters of leaves

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foliagenoun

   Synonyms:
   leafage, leaves

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "foliage":

   foliar, leaf, canopy

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How to use foliage in a sentence?

1. Michael Day:

   All in all, the Northeast is looking great for foliage.

2. Woody Allen, Without Feathers:

   A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DOE Unbearably lovely music is heard as the curtain rises, and we see the woods on a summer afternoon. A fawn dances on and nibbles slowly at some leaves. He drifts lazily through the soft foliage. Soon he starts coughing and drops dead.

3. Jim Salge:

   I ’m expecting that it’s going to be patchy, you ca n’t get great foliage without a good setup in spring or summer. This year the setup is not terrible, but it’s also not ideal.

4. Val Peters:

   Money is the root of all evil, but the foliage is fascinating.

5. Alon Gorodetsky:

   Soldiers wear uniforms with the familiar green and brown camouflage patterns to blend into foliage during the day, but under low light and at night, they're still vulnerable to infrared detection, you can draw inspiration from natural systems that have been perfected over millions of years, giving us ideas we might never have been able to come up with otherwise.