BARREN Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word barren. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BARREN
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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 |