bar

The word “bar” has 1 syllable: bar

It's pronounced as /bɑr/

What is synonym and antonym for bar?

In the thesaurus, “bar” has 38 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for bar along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for bar

ban
bank
barrier
beam
bench
benchmark
beside
besides
board
but
cafe
chain
court
criterion
drift
eliminate
embarrassment
except
excepting
exclude
forbid
guard
hurdle
mound
nightclub
obstacle
obstruction
outlaw
prevent
prohibit
pub
rod
saloon
standard
streak
stripe
tavern
tribunal

Antonyms for bar

admit
advantage
allow
approve
break
catalyst
deviation
edge
impetus
incentive
include
let
open
permit
receive
sanction
spur
stimulus
suffer
support

Meanings of bar

noun
1. A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
2. A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is 1/4 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
3. A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
4. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe.
5. A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
6. Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly including oblique marks such as the slash.
7. The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
8. A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is negative (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
9. A business licensed to sell alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; public house.
10. The counter of such premises.
11. A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
12. (by extension, in combinations such as coffee bar, juice bar etc.) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
13. An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.
14. An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
15. An establishment offering cosmetic services.
16. An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
17. Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
18. (whimsical, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
19. (Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
20. The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
21. "the Bar" or "the bar" The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
22. (metonym, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries but including all lawyers in others.
23. One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
24. A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
25. One of those musical sections.
26. A horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault.
27. Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.
28. (most codes) The crossbar.
29. The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
30. An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
31. A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.
32. A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
33. One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a fess.
34. A city gate, in some British place names.
35. A drilling or tamping rod.
36. A vein or dike crossing a lode.
37. A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
38. The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
39. (in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
40. A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.
verb
1. To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
2. To prohibit.
3. To lock or bolt with a bar.
4. To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.
preposition
1. Except, other than, besides.
2. Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.

Example Sentences

They went to the bar after work to celebrate their promotion.
She ordered a drink at the bar while waiting for her friends.
The bar was crowded, with people enjoying live music.
He placed his keys on the counter near the bar in the kitchen.
They decided to open a new bar in the heart of the city to attract more customers.

On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bar, such as: admit, advantage, allow, approve, ban, bank, barrier.

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