Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb defoliate

1 sense of defoliate

Sense 1
defoliate -- (strip the leaves or branches from; "defoliate the trees with pesticides")
       => denude, bare, denudate, strip -- (lay bare; "denude a forest")

Antonyms of adj defoliate

1 sense of defoliate

Sense 1
defoliate, defoliated -- (deprived of leaves)

INDIRECT (VIA leafless) -> leafy -- (having or covered with leaves; "leafy trees"; "leafy vegetables")

Similarity of adj defoliate

1 sense of defoliate

Sense 1
defoliate, defoliated -- (deprived of leaves)
       => leafless (vs. leafy) -- (having no leaves)