Antonyms of adj woody

3 senses of woody

Sense 1
woody (vs. nonwoody) -- (made of or containing or resembling wood; "woody plants"; "perennial herbs with woody stems"; "a woody taste")

nonwoody (vs. woody) -- (not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood)
        => herbaceous -- (characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part)
        => pulpy, squashy -- (like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness)

Sense 2
arboraceous, arboreous, woodsy, woody -- (abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway")

INDIRECT (VIA wooded) -> unwooded, treeless -- (not wooded)

Sense 3
woody -- (made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls)

INDIRECT (VIA hard) -> soft -- (yielding readily to pressure or weight)

Similarity of adj woody

3 senses of woody

Sense 1
woody (vs. nonwoody) -- (made of or containing or resembling wood; "woody plants"; "perennial herbs with woody stems"; "a woody taste")
       => ashen -- (made of wood of the ash tree)
       => beechen -- (consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree)
       => birch, birchen, birken -- (consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree)
       => cedarn -- (consisting of or made of cedar; "carved cedarn doors")
       => ligneous -- (consisting of or containing lignin or xylem; "ligneous (or woody) tissue")
       => oaken -- (consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree; "a solid oak table"; "the old oaken bucket")
       => suffrutescent -- (of a plant; having a woody base that does not die down each year)
       => wooden -- (made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood; "a wooden box"; "an ancient cart with wooden wheels")

Sense 2
arboraceous, arboreous, woodsy, woody -- (abounding in trees; "an arboreous landscape"; "violets in woodsy shady spots"; "a woody area near the highway")
       => wooded (vs. unwooded) -- (covered with growing trees and bushes etc; "wooded land"; "a heavily wooded tract")

Sense 3
woody -- (made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls)
       => hard (vs. soft) -- (resisting weight or pressure)

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