as in outdoor
of, relating to, or held in the open air
an open-air concert under the stars
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as in wilderness
that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation
a family of city dwellers who can't wait to go camping in the open air
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Recent Examples of open-air
Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 24 Mar. 2025
Yoga practitioners offer classes in open-air spaces.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 24 May 2024
Food and Drink 1 of 2 Views from inside an open air restaurant
Julie Soefer/Courtesy of Hyatt
Executive Chef Victoria Shore shines with her seasonal explorations of farm-to-table southern seafood at Fleeting.
—Sheeka Sanahori, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
The southwest Caribbean island has plenty of ways to stay active beyond remote working, including street art walking tours and an open-air food court serving Curaçaoan cuisine.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 24 Mar. 2025
Yoga practitioners offer classes in open-air spaces.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
Across from Koch's Country Kettle job was an open air concert venue that featured bluegrass music, which became Koch's introduction to country music, leading her to fall in love with the genre.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 24 May 2024
Food and Drink 1 of 2 Views from inside an open air restaurant
Julie Soefer/Courtesy of Hyatt
Executive Chef Victoria Shore shines with her seasonal explorations of farm-to-table southern seafood at Fleeting.
—Sheeka Sanahori, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for open-air
Adjective
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The main living space opens directly to an outdoor patio with a full outdoor living room and a 150-foot-long Olympic-sized infinity pool, which also overlooks the skyline and ocean.—
Emma Reynolds,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Activities and Experiences Hotel guests and locals use the spacious outdoor patio on the ground floor to work and enjoy the shade.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Mar. 2025
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Cedar Key sits off a part of Florida that is home to large swaths of mangrove wilderness, including Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve and Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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In the course of the nineteen-eighties, New York transformed from a flaming wasteland of muggings, languid professionalism, and underground parties into a despoiled wilderness of muggings, careerism, and public glitz.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Those who love the outdoors and winter sports in particular would enjoy retirement in Canmore.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Objects that are outdoors should be secured and caution should be taken if driving.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The following five organizations, ranging from a foundation focused on protecting and preserving the untamed wilds of Chile and Argentina to a 12-seat restaurant in Brooklyn using profits to fund the meals of those in need, are focused on selflessly serving the people and places around them.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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Why risk their lives at the hands of such a great and powerful wild?—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Open-air.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open-air. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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