What is another word for bare?
Synonyms for bare
bɛərbare
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word bare.
Princeton's WordNet
bare, au naturel(p), naked, nudeadjective
completely unclothed
"bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model"
Antonyms:
mantled, sealed, overgrown, mud-beplastered, clad, peritrichous, clothed, crusted, wrapped, arillate, hospitable, cloaked, splattered, encrusted, dust-covered, painted, snow-covered, draped, drenched, canopied, thickspread, plastered, white, dusty, snowy, smothered, awninged, spattered, sun-drenched, ariled, beaded, fancy, splashed, wide, drenched in, muffled, decorated, blanketed, moss-grown, full, splashy, dabbled, ample, snow-clad, mossy, crusty, tiled, moon-splashed, crustlike, covered, adornedbare(a), scanty, spareadjective
lacking in amplitude or quantity
"a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
Antonyms:
splashy, dust-covered, crusted, dusty, cloaked, drenched in, spattered, mossy, snowy, tiled, crusty, arillate, overgrown, moon-splashed, encrusted, draped, sealed, sun-drenched, covered, canopied, painted, wide, splashed, snow-clad, muffled, mud-beplastered, smothered, dabbled, awninged, beaded, full, snow-covered, adorned, drenched, blanketed, peritrichous, splattered, ample, crustlike, decorated, mantled, clothed, wrapped, fancy, moss-grown, clad, white, plastered, thickspread, hospitable, ariledunsheathed, bareadjective
not having a protective covering
"unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade"
Synonyms:
unembellished, marginal, au naturel(p), simple(a), scanty, spare, unsheathed, nude, mere(a), plain, naked, bare(a), stark, desolate, unfinished, barren, unornamented, bleak, strippedAntonyms:
mossy, ariled, sun-drenched, plastered, adorned, covered, draped, cloaked, drenched, dusty, peritrichous, overgrown, beaded, snow-covered, snowy, crusty, muffled, smothered, ample, spattered, snow-clad, blanketed, decorated, splattered, hospitable, painted, mantled, clothed, dust-covered, wide, crustlike, splashy, full, wrapped, arillate, dabbled, clad, splashed, white, sealed, drenched in, encrusted, thickspread, moss-grown, mud-beplastered, crusted, fancy, canopied, moon-splashed, awninged, tiledbareadjective
lacking its natural or customary covering
"a bare hill"; "bare feet"
Synonyms:
unembellished, marginal, au naturel(p), simple(a), scanty, spare, unsheathed, nude, mere(a), plain, naked, bare(a), stark, desolate, unfinished, unornamented, bleak, barren, strippedAntonyms:
clothed, crustlike, tiled, thickspread, blanketed, wide, hospitable, full, white, sealed, crusty, moon-splashed, crusted, painted, encrusted, peritrichous, mantled, sun-drenched, dabbled, cloaked, splashy, overgrown, drenched in, dust-covered, snow-clad, spattered, fancy, wrapped, snowy, beaded, muffled, ariled, arillate, plastered, adorned, moss-grown, clad, drenched, splashed, snow-covered, awninged, smothered, covered, dusty, draped, canopied, decorated, ample, mossy, mud-beplastered, splatteredbare(a), marginaladjective
just barely adequate or within a lower limit
"a bare majority"; "a marginal victory"
Antonyms:
splashed, decorated, moon-splashed, splattered, wrapped, plastered, full, clad, encrusted, snowy, sun-drenched, thickspread, wide, mud-beplastered, mantled, arillate, draped, moss-grown, sealed, snow-clad, splashy, crustlike, dabbled, canopied, mossy, muffled, dust-covered, spattered, crusty, drenched, dusty, drenched in, overgrown, covered, clothed, white, adorned, blanketed, hospitable, tiled, fancy, crusted, beaded, ample, ariled, smothered, cloaked, painted, awninged, peritrichous, snow-coveredbare(a), mere(a), simple(a)adjective
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
"only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"
Antonyms:
clothed, splashy, ariled, moon-splashed, canopied, arillate, draped, beaded, adorned, blanketed, wrapped, tiled, muffled, thickspread, hospitable, sun-drenched, drenched in, splattered, crustlike, wide, snow-covered, sealed, overgrown, crusted, encrusted, full, ample, dabbled, crusty, covered, mossy, peritrichous, spattered, decorated, plastered, dusty, painted, snowy, smothered, drenched, dust-covered, awninged, mantled, mud-beplastered, clad, cloaked, white, moss-grown, splashed, snow-clad, fancybare, unfinishedadjective
lacking a surface finish such as paint
"bare wood"; "unfinished furniture"
Synonyms:
unembellished, marginal, au naturel(p), simple(a), scanty, spare, unsheathed, nude, mere(a), plain, naked, bare(a), stark, desolate, unfinished, unornamented, bleak, barren, strippedAntonyms:
splashy, dusty, draped, moon-splashed, hospitable, cloaked, dabbled, snow-clad, overgrown, clothed, arillate, plastered, moss-grown, wrapped, covered, sealed, fancy, white, dust-covered, snow-covered, awninged, mantled, splattered, clad, splashed, beaded, crusty, snowy, mud-beplastered, painted, mossy, tiled, adorned, drenched in, full, muffled, crusted, smothered, ariled, peritrichous, thickspread, blanketed, crustlike, decorated, canopied, drenched, encrusted, ample, wide, spattered, sun-drenchedbare, barren, bleak, desolate, starkadjective
providing no shelter or sustenance
"bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
Synonyms:
spare, bare(a), devoid, perfect(a), consummate(a), blunt, unornamented, austere, au naturel(p), raw, marginal, arrant(a), black, severe, gross(a), staring(a), simple(a), stripped, desolate, destitute, mere(a), cutting, everlasting(a), double-dyed(a), crude(a), dim, complete(a), innocent, plain, nude, unsheathed, pure(a), unfinished, barren, stark(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), free, naked, bleak, unembellished, sodding(a), scanty, stark, utter(a), sternAntonyms:
splattered, drenched in, drenched, ample, painted, encrusted, peritrichous, smothered, clad, crustlike, sealed, arillate, splashy, white, moss-grown, dabbled, mantled, beaded, moon-splashed, snow-clad, blanketed, mud-beplastered, clothed, snowy, adorned, splashed, full, awninged, wrapped, fancy, covered, plastered, decorated, ariled, dusty, spattered, thickspread, tiled, dust-covered, draped, canopied, sun-drenched, hospitable, wide, cloaked, muffled, mossy, snow-covered, overgrown, crusted, crustybare, strippedadjective
having everything extraneous removed including contents
"the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare"
Synonyms:
unembellished, marginal, au naturel(p), simple(a), scanty, spare, unsheathed, nude, mere(a), plain, naked, bare(a), stark, desolate, unfinished, stripped-down, unornamented, bleak, barren, strippedAntonyms:
smothered, dust-covered, covered, decorated, ariled, thickspread, wide, canopied, draped, blanketed, sealed, clothed, wrapped, overgrown, snow-clad, encrusted, crustlike, drenched, drenched in, awninged, sun-drenched, fancy, beaded, crusted, full, snow-covered, splashy, dabbled, snowy, white, mossy, plastered, clad, peritrichous, muffled, hospitable, adorned, mud-beplastered, mantled, ample, splattered, crusty, painted, spattered, dusty, arillate, tiled, splashed, cloaked, moss-grown, moon-splashedplain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamentedverb
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
"a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
Synonyms:
evident, spare, bare(a), unpatterned, supernumerary, unmixed, bleak, redundant, unornamented, superfluous, free, au naturel(p), patent, surplus, stark, excess, simple(a), homely, trim, unmingled, stripped, desolate, supererogatory, mere(a), unvarnished, extra, sheer, apparent, plain, nude, unsheathed, unfinished, barren, manifest, scanty, naked, marginal, unembellished, unmistakableAntonyms:
dabbled, sun-drenched, draped, overgrown, canopied, blanketed, ample, beaded, thickspread, adorned, snow-covered, covered, ariled, awninged, peritrichous, clothed, white, muffled, snowy, splattered, full, spattered, drenched, sealed, moss-grown, snow-clad, painted, decorated, wide, splashed, arillate, encrusted, dust-covered, cloaked, crustlike, mud-beplastered, tiled, splashy, crusted, mossy, moon-splashed, clad, hospitable, mantled, crusty, wrapped, smothered, fancy, plastered, drenched in, dustybareverb
lay bare
"bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"
Synonyms:
publicise, denude, strip, air, denudate, publicizeAntonyms:
cloaked, mud-beplastered, arillate, blanketed, snow-clad, spattered, sealed, snowy, wide, decorated, mossy, adorned, dust-covered, splashed, fancy, awninged, smothered, clothed, encrusted, dusty, dabbled, clad, muffled, moon-splashed, crusted, plastered, sun-drenched, wrapped, drenched, overgrown, painted, thickspread, drenched in, full, splashy, ample, crustlike, covered, snow-covered, moss-grown, tiled, mantled, draped, hospitable, canopied, splattered, beaded, crusty, white, peritrichous, ariledpublicize, publicise, air, bareverb
make public
"She aired her opinions on welfare"
Synonyms:
aerate, publicise, beam, vent, send, ventilate, advertise, strip, broadcast, air out, publicize, air, denude, transmit, advertize, denudateAntonyms:
awninged, fancy, covered, snowy, mantled, sealed, mud-beplastered, drenched, sun-drenched, muffled, arillate, cloaked, tiled, full, ariled, dabbled, adorned, encrusted, clothed, dusty, clad, splattered, plastered, canopied, splashed, splashy, draped, crusty, peritrichous, hospitable, wide, dust-covered, snow-covered, wrapped, mossy, drenched in, white, decorated, overgrown, blanketed, thickspread, smothered, moon-splashed, snow-clad, spattered, crustlike, painted, crusted, moss-grown, beaded, ampledenude, bare, denudate, stripverb
lay bare
"denude a forest"
Synonyms:
strip down, publicise, clean, leach, foray, divest, pillage, unclothe, deprive, plunder, publicize, dismantle, rifle, reave, air, denude, uncase, disrobe, strip, ransack, loot, discase, peel, undress, despoil, denudate, disinvestAntonyms:
decorated, splashy, drenched, arillate, mantled, thickspread, sealed, beaded, cloaked, crustlike, crusted, ample, smothered, crusty, clad, overgrown, clothed, canopied, encrusted, moon-splashed, plastered, dust-covered, white, snowy, blanketed, wide, mossy, snow-clad, fancy, mud-beplastered, moss-grown, snow-covered, tiled, draped, covered, ariled, full, adorned, splashed, painted, peritrichous, awninged, sun-drenched, muffled, splattered, spattered, dabbled, hospitable, drenched in, dusty, wrapped
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
bareadjective
Synonyms:
naked, nude, undressed, denuded, unveiled, exposed, undraped, in puris naturalibus, unadorned, bald, meager, unembellished, uncolored, unvarnished, empty, destitute, unfurnished, threadbare, pileworn, napless, meer, alone, sheerbareverb
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#42 | free | |
#233 | send | |
#271 | black | |
#478 | air | |
#828 | nude | |
#933 | simple | |
#986 | advertise | |
#1378 | extra | |
#1809 | clean | |
#1895 | naked | |
#3079 | raw | |
#3226 | plain | |
#3487 | patent | |
#3717 | cutting | |
#3856 | broadcast | |
#3862 | strip | |
#3964 | severe | |
#4133 | excess | |
#5104 | barry | |
#5471 | beam | |
#5998 | trim | |
#6173 | spare | |
#6338 | apparent | |
#6959 | bare | |
#7139 | strict | |
#7271 | innocent | |
#7783 | surplus | |
#8269 | sheer | |
#8487 | evident | |
#9389 | dim | |
#9616 | transmit | |
#10008 | rifle | |
#10536 | stern | |
#11024 | marginal | |
#11371 | vent | |
#11372 | blunt | |
#11929 | peel | |
#12423 | redundant | |
#12618 | stark | |
#13329 | manifest | |
#14913 | stripped | |
#15984 | unfinished | |
#20643 | leach | |
#21866 | parry | |
#24547 | barren | |
#25029 | bleak | |
#25353 | loot | |
#27252 | devoid | |
#27520 | skinned | |
#28478 | bari | |
#29272 | nus | |
#32349 | deprive | |
#33093 | bir | |
#34344 | pari | |
#34889 | publicize | |
#35497 | dismantle | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#36359 | desolate | |
#37131 | undress | |
#37254 | plunder | |
#39511 | foray | |
#39518 | unmistakable | |
#43391 | destitute | |
#50897 | homely | |
#53038 | austere | |
#58940 | divest | |
#60646 | publicise | |
#60754 | pillage | |
#67164 | scanty | |
#68734 | unadulterated | |
#86133 | unmixed | |
#86789 | ventilate | |
#93997 | advertize | |
#118122 | supernumerary | |
#119547 | unvarnished | |
#144382 | aerate | |
#164671 | ransack | |
#199752 | disrobe | |
#219582 | unsheathed | |
#228192 | despoil |
How to use bare in a sentence?
I hope Baghdadi is suffering more than we ever did, and my God we suffered, i wish he (Baghdadi) hadn't blown himself up so I could have slaughtered him myself with my bare hands.
Right now, people on the No-Fly list can walk into a store and buy a gun. That is insane. If you're too dangerous to board a plane, you're too dangerous, by definition, to buy a gun, and so I'm calling on Congress to close this loophole, now. We may not be able to prevent every tragedy, but -- at a bare minimum -- we shouldn't be making it so easy for potential terrorists or criminals to get their hands on a gun that they could use against Americans.
Workplaces need to respond to the reality of family life in the 21st century, and allowing employees to have seven sick days a year is a bare minimum, the fact that the United States is one of just a handful of countries that does not require paid family or sick leave is nothing short of shameful.
I've been looking for love my entire life. I'm 39. This might just be my last chance, i promise you, this finger will be no bare no more.
And to everyone thats going through some hard times financially right now: Just bare up. This is going to be a tough time for everyone but keep your head up, basically, alright?
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