jungle

noun

A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest.

(South Asia) Any uncultivated tract of forest or scrub habitat.

(colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.

(music, uncountable) A style of electronic dance music and precursor of drum and bass.

(figurative) A tangled mess.

(golf slang) Dense rough.

(slang) An area where hobos camp together.

(vulgar slang) A dense mass of pubic hair.

adjective

(Of musical beat, rhythm, etc.) resembling the fast-paced drumming of traditional peoples of the jungle.

Roots

jangalajungle- · Sanskrit · arid/uncultivated land

Synonyms for jungle

forestn woodsn wildernessn woodlandn timberlandn scrublandn

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The word jungle breaks down into one root of Sanskrit origin: the root jungle, from Sanskrit jangala (“arid/uncultivated land”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.