bare

The word “bare” has 1 syllable: bare

It's pronounced as /bɛr/

What is synonym and antonym for bare?

In the thesaurus, “bare” has 207 synonyms and 112 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for bare

abandoned
absent
absolute
acknowledge
admit
advertise
all-out
alone
announce
antiseptic
arid
arrant
au naturel
austere
available
avow
bald
bankrupt
bareskinned
barren
basic
bereft
betray
blab
blank
blaze
bleak
blunt
bottomless
bring out
bring to light
broadcast
chaste
clean
clear
cold
communicate
concede
confess
confide
conservative
debunk
declare
deficient
denuded
depleted
desert
deserted
desolate
destitute
devoid
disclose
discover
disinter
displayed
disrobed
divested
divulge
drained
dry
earthy
elemental
emptied
empty
essential
exhausted
exhibit
expose
exposed
forsaken
forthright
fragmental
fragmentary
free
furless
give away
hairless
hard
hollow
homely
honest
impart
in the altogether
in the buff
in the nude
in the raw
incomplete
inconspicuous
inform
innocent
insufficient
lacking
leak
literal
lone
meager
mean
mere
minimalist
missing
modest
mother-naked
muted
naked
natural
nude
only
open
out-and-out
outright
own
partial
peeled
placard
plain
plain-vanilla
poor
post
proclaim
promulgate
publicize
publish
pure
quiet
rake up
raw
relate
restrained
reveal
revealed
scant
scanty
scarce
seminude
severe
share
shaven
sheer
shorn
short
show
show up
simple
singular
skinned
smoke out
sober
sole
solitary
solo
sound
spare
spartan
spill
squeal
stark
stark naked
starkers
stripped
subdued
talk
tell
toom
topless
total
unadorned
unadulterated
unalloyed
unattended
unbosom
unclad
uncloak
unclothe
unclothed
uncover
uncovered
undecorated
understated
undrape
undressed
unearth
unembellished
unfilled
unfurnished
uninhabited
unique
unmask
unmitigated
unobtrusive
unoccupied
unornamented
unpretentious
unprotected
unqualified
unrobed
unroll
unsophisticated
unvarnished
unveil
unveiled
utter
vacant
vacated
vacuous
very
void
wanting

Antonyms for bare

abounding
adorned
appareled
apparelled
arrayed
attired
baroque
bearded
becloud
bedecked
bedim
bedizened
befog
brimming
bulging
bursting
camouflage
caparisoned
chock-full
chockful
clad
cloak
clothed
cloud
complete
conceal
cover
covered
crammed
crowded
darken
decent
decked-out
decorated
disguise
dressed
eclipse
elaborate
embellished
embroidered
enshroud
exaggerated
extravagant
fancy
fat
filled
flamboyant
flashy
florid
flush
fraught
full
furnished
garbed
garish
garnished
gaudy
gild
glittery
glitzy
hairy
hide
invested
jam-packed
jammed
loaded
loud
lurid
mantled
mask
obscure
occupied
ornamented
ornate
ostentatious
overcast
overdecorated
overdone
overflowing
overgrown
overrun
overshadow
overspread
overwrought
packed
provided
replete
rife
robed
rococo
saturated
secret
shade
showy
shroud
splashy
stuffed
suited
supplied
swank
swanky
swarming
tawdry
teeming
thick
thronging
trimmed
varnish
veil
veiled
vested
whitewash

Meanings of bare

noun
1. (‘the bare’) The surface, the (bare) skin.
2. Surface; body; substance.
3. That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
adjective
1. Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
2. Naked, uncovered.
3. Having no supplies.
4. Having no decoration.
5. Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
6. (Toronto) A lot or lots of.
7. With head uncovered; bareheaded.
8. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
9. Mere; without embellishment.
10. Threadbare, very worn.
11. Not insured.
adverb
1. Very; significantly.
2. Barely.
3. Without a condom.
verb
1. To uncover; to reveal.
2. To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
3. To support, sustain, or endure.
4. To support, keep up, or maintain.
5. To press or impinge upon.
6. To produce, yield, give birth to.
7. (originally nautical) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
8. To gain or win.

Example Sentences

She walked along the beach with bare feet, feeling the sand between her toes.
The bare walls of the room gave it a cold and empty feel.
He couldn't believe the bare minimum effort she had put into the project.
The bare branches of the tree swayed in the wind during the winter storm.
She had bare essentials in her bag, just the things she needed for the trip.

On this page you'll find 319 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bare, such as: abandoned, abounding, absent, absolute, acknowledge, admit, adorned.

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