· (politics) a state of disfavor; "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"
Hypernym(s): disfavor, disfavour
· a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
Synonym(s): Wilderness
· a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
Synonym(s): wild
Hypernym(s): geographical_area, geographic_area, geographical_region, geographic_region
· a bewildering profusion; "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"
Hypernym(s): profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia