glade

Meaning

1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
2. (colloquial) An everglade.
3. An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
4. A bright surface of ice or snow.
5. (obsolete) A gleam of light.
6. (obsolete) A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.

Synonyms

clearing

opening

meadow

cutting

dell

cove

creek

forest aisle

grass

inlet

lane

lawn

marsh

morass

notch

open space

quagmire

swale

swamp

engpass

grass-plot

open field

Moor

cleared space

aisle

bay

bight

bottleneck

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡleɪd/

Etymology

From Middle English glade, glode, glede (“a gleam of light, bright space, an open space; an open or cleared space in a forest; a bright patch of sky; a bright surface of snow or ice”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old English *glǣd, *glād, related to Old English glæd (“shining, bright”), (compare Old Norse glaðr (“bright”)).