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BARREN Synonyms

There are 17 synonyms of the word barren. (exact relations)
There are 12 hypernyms of the word barren. (close relations)
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bare
verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj
adjective

• not having a protective covering

• lacking its natural or customary covering

adjective satellite

• having no clothes on the body

• lacking in magnitude or quantity

• just barely adequate or within a lower limit

• apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

• lacking a surface finish such as paint

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• having everything extraneous removed including contents

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

verb

• expose to view

• make public

• lay bare

desolate
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• crushed by grief

verb

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

• reduce in population

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

sterile
adjectiveadj
adjective

• incapable of reproducing

adjective satellite

• free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms

• deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention

despoiled
verbv
adjective satellite

• having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence

empty
adjectiveadj
adjective

• holding or containing nothing

noun

• a container that has been emptied

adjective satellite

• devoid of significance or force

• needing nourishment

• emptied of emotion

verb

• make void or empty of contents

• become empty or void of its content

• leave behind empty; move out of

• remove the contents of a container

• excrete or discharge from the body

infertile
adjectiveadj
adjective

• incapable of reproducing

unfruitful
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production

unproductive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not producing or capable of producing

adjective satellite

• not producing desired results

vacant
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• without an occupant or incumbent

• devoid of intelligence or thought

bleak
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• offering little or no hope

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• unpleasantly cold and damp

destitute
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• poor enough to need help from others

• completely wanting or lacking

devoid
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• completely wanting or lacking

free
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

• unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

• not held in servitude

noun

• people who are free

adverb

• without restraint

adjective satellite

• costing nothing

• not occupied or in use

• not fixed in position

• not taken up by scheduled activities

• completely wanting or lacking

• not literal

verb

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• relieve from

• remove or force out from a position

• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

• make (information) available for publication

• free from obligations or duties

• free or remove obstruction from

• let off the hook

• part with a possession or right

• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

• make (assets) available

innocent
adjectiveadj
adjective

• free from evil or guilt

noun

• a person who lacks knowledge of evil

adjective satellite

• lacking intent or capacity to injure

• free from sin

• lacking in sophistication or worldliness

• not knowledgeable about something specified

• completely wanting or lacking

• (used of things) lacking sense or awareness

stark
adjectiveadj
adverb

• to the fullest degree

adjective satellite

• devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

• severely simple

• complete or extreme

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• providing no shelter or sustenance

waste
verb, nounv, n
noun

• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

• the trait of wasting resources

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

adjective satellite

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

verb

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• use inefficiently or inappropriately

• dispose of

• run off as waste

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• spend extravagantly

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• cause to grow thin or weak

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• become physically weaker

wasteland
nounn
noun

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

Best Hypernyms For BARREN

Here is a list of related hypernyms for barren, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (12)
arid bleak desolate infertile inhospitable lifeless sterile unfruitful unproductive vacant wild wilderness

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