barren

The word “barren” has 2 syllables: bar-ren

It's pronounced as /ˈbæɹən/

What is synonym and antonym for barren?

In the thesaurus, “barren” has 132 synonyms and 80 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for barren

abortive
absent
altered
arid
badland
baked
bankrupt
bankrupted
bare
bereft
blank
bleak
boney
bony
bootless
brush
bush
castrated
consumed
counterproductive
dead
debilitated
deficient
dehydrated
depleted
desert
desexed
desolate
desolation
destitute
devoid
diminished
drained
dried-up
droughty
dry
dull
dust bowl
effete
emasculated
empty
enfeebled
exhausted
expended
fallow
flat
fragmental
fragmentary
fruitless
futile
gelded
hardscrabble
heath
hollow
hopeless
idle
impossible
impotent
impoverished
in vain
inadequate
incomplete
ineffective
ineffectual
inefficacious
infecund
infertile
inhospitable
innocent
insufficient
lacking
lackluster
lessened
lifeless
lost
meaningless
missing
nature
neutered
no dice
no-win
not worth the candle
of no avail
open
open air
otiose
out-of-doors
outdoors
parched
partial
pointless
poor
profitless
rainless
reduced
sear
sere
short
spayed
spent
stale
stark
sterile
sterilized
sunbaked
thirsty
unattainable
unavailing
unbearing
uncultivable
unfertile
unfruitful
uninspiring
unproductive
unprofitable
unrewarding
unsuccessful
untillable
used up
useless
vacant
vain
valueless
vapid
void
wanting
waste
wasteland
waterless
wild
wilderness
worthless

Antonyms for barren

abounding
adequate
applicable
arable
bearing
blooming
brimming
bulging
bursting
childbearing
chock-full
chockful
crammed
crowded
cultivated
damp
deadly
developing
effective
effectual
efficacious
efficient
enriched
fat
feasible
fecund
fertile
fertilized
filled
flourishing
flush
fraught
fruitful
full
functional
furnished
green
growing
impregnated
jam-packed
jammed
loaded
lush
luxuriant
meaningful
moist
packed
potent
practicable
practical
pregnant
producing
productive
profitable
prolific
provided
realizable
replete
rich
rife
saturated
stuffed
successful
sufficient
supplied
swarming
sylvan
teeming
thick
thronging
tillable
usable
useable
useful
verdant
virtuous
wet
workable
worthwhile
yielding

Meanings of barren

noun
1. An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
adjective
1. Unable to bear children; sterile.
2. Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation.
3. Bleak.
4. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
5. Mentally dull; stupid.

Example Sentences

The desert was dry and barren, with no signs of life.
After years of drought, the once fertile land became barren.
Their efforts to grow crops on the barren hillside were unsuccessful.
The landscape looked cold and barren under the gray sky.
She felt emotionally barren after the tragic loss.

On this page you'll find 212 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to barren, such as: abortive, abounding, absent, adequate, altered, applicable, arable.

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