oasis
A green place in a desert where there is water.
oasis in a sentence
- After days of hot sand, the travellers cheered when they spotted an oasis with palm trees and a cool pool.
- The camels smelled water first and trotted towards the oasis, a patch of green in the endless sand.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to oasis?
- Awasteland
- Bhaven
- Cdesert
Show the answer
B: haven. The other three mean the opposite of oasis.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to oasis?
- Arefuge
- Bhaven
- Cdesert
Show the answer
C: desert. The other three mean nearly the same as oasis.
Words that mean something similar
haven, refuge
Words that mean the opposite
desert, wasteland
More words about places & settings
- occupy: To live in, fill or take up a space.
- odour: A smell, often an unpleasant one.
- outskirts: The outer edges of a town or city, far from the centre.
- peril: The threat of serious danger.
- perilous: Very dangerous.
- picturesque: Pretty enough to be in a painting or on a postcard.
- precarious: Not safe or steady, and likely to fall or fail at any moment.
- quaint: Charming in an old-fashioned way.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test