Synonyms for barb
bɑrb

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. barb(noun)

   one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

   Synonyms:
   slow, in arrears, behindhand

   Antonyms:
   up

2. barb(noun)

   a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove

   Synonyms:
   sugarcoat, glass over, glaze over, glaze, candy, glass

3. barb(noun)

   the pointed part of barbed wire

   Synonyms:
   buss, kiss, osculation, candy kiss

4. shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe(noun)

   an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

   "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"

   Synonyms:
   go, beetle off, conk out, give way, fail, flunk, bomb, betray, peter out, break down, poop out, die, bolt, run down, neglect, run out, drain, break, bolt out, flush it, run off, pass out, miscarry, give off, give out, emit, expire, spill, go wrong, distribute, hand out, go bad

   Antonyms:
   bring home the bacon, manage, pass, carry off, negociate, succeed, win, deliver the goods, pull off, make it, bring off, come through

5. barb(verb)

   provide with barbs

   "barbed wire"

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. barb(n.)

   Synonyms:
   beard (or excrescences like a beard), wattles

2. barb(n.)

   Synonyms:
   horse (of the barbary breed)

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "barb":

   tooth, barbara, ranch

How to pronounce barb?

How to say barb in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use barb in a sentence?

1. Akhenaton:

   The barb in the arrow of childhood suffering is this its intense loneliness, its intense ignorance.

2. Richard Brinsley Sheridan:

   There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature -- the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.

Images & Illustrations of barb