barrenness

The word “barrenness” has 3 syllables: bar-ren-ness

It's pronounced as /ˈbæɹənnəs/


What is synonym and antonym for barrenness?

In the thesaurus, “barrenness” has 28 synonyms and 9 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for barrenness

  • aridity
  • aridness
  • availability
  • bareness
  • blankness
  • bleakness
  • childlessness
  • clearness
  • depletion
  • desolateness
  • dryness
  • emptiness
  • exhaustion
  • fruitlessness
  • hollowness
  • impotence
  • infecundity
  • infertility
  • nothingness
  • openness
  • underdevelopment
  • unfruitfulness
  • unproductiveness
  • vacancy
  • vacantness
  • vacuity
  • vacuum
  • void

Antonyms for barrenness

  • abundance
  • completeness
  • fatness
  • fecundity
  • fertility
  • fruitfulness
  • fullness
  • fulness
  • repleteness

Example Sentences

  • The barrenness of the landscape gave it a haunting beauty.
  • Centuries of overgrazing led to the barrenness of the once fertile plains.
  • She struggled with the emotional weight of her barrenness.
  • The poet used the image of barrenness to symbolize despair.
  • His heart felt a deep barrenness after the loss of his family.

On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to barrenness, such as: abundance, aridity, aridness, availability, bareness, blankness, bleakness.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

vacancy

vacantness

vacuity

  • absurdity
  • air
  • asininity
  • availability
  • balminess
  • bareness
  • barrenness
  • black hole
  • blank
  • blankness
  • bleakness
  • boneheadedness
  • brainlessness
  • cavity
  • clearness
  • craziness
  • daftness
  • denseness
  • density
  • depletion
  • desolateness
  • dim-wittedness
  • dippiness
  • doltishness
  • dopiness
  • dorkiness
  • dottiness
  • dryness
  • dullness
  • dulness
  • dumbness
  • emptiness
  • exhaustion
  • fallacy
  • fatuity
  • fatuousness
  • feeblemindedness
  • folly
  • foolishness
  • gap
  • gormlessness
  • hole
  • hollow
  • hollowness
  • idiocy
  • inane
  • inaneness
  • inanity
  • insanity
  • irrationality
  • lunacy
  • madness
  • mental deficiency
  • mental retardation
  • mindlessness
  • nihility
  • nincompoopery
  • nonsensicalness
  • nothingness
  • nuttiness
  • oafishness
  • obtuseness
  • open
  • openness
  • preposterousness
  • senselessness
  • silliness
  • simplemindedness
  • simpleness
  • simplicity
  • slowness
  • stupidity
  • stupidness
  • thickness
  • unreasonableness
  • vacancy
  • vacantness
  • vacuousness
  • vacuum
  • void
  • wackiness
  • waste
  • weak-mindedness
  • witlessness
  • zaniness

vacuum

abjection

  • abasement
  • abjectness
  • affliction
  • agony
  • anguish
  • aridity
  • avarice
  • bankruptcy
  • barrenness
  • baseness
  • beastliness
  • beggary
  • blahs
  • bleakness
  • blue funk
  • bummer
  • cheerlessness
  • churlishness
  • closeness
  • contemptibleness
  • corruption
  • corruptness
  • covetousness
  • dearth
  • debasement
  • debauchery
  • debt
  • decadence
  • decadency
  • deficiency
  • deficit
  • degeneracy
  • degenerateness
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • dejection
  • demoralization
  • depletion
  • depravity
  • depression
  • desolation
  • despair
  • desperation
  • despondency
  • destitution
  • difficulty
  • discomfort
  • disconsolation
  • discontent
  • discouragement
  • dispiritedness
  • disrepute
  • dissipatedness
  • dissipation
  • dissoluteness
  • distress
  • dole
  • dolefulness
  • dolor
  • downheartedness
  • dreariness
  • dullness
  • dumps
  • emptiness
  • ennui
  • evil
  • exiguity
  • famine
  • filth
  • frugality
  • gangrene
  • gloom
  • gloominess
  • greed
  • grief
  • hardship
  • heaviness of heart
  • heavyheartedness
  • hopelessness
  • ill temper
  • immorality
  • impecuniosity
  • impecuniousness
  • impoverishment
  • inadequacy
  • indigence
  • infamy
  • iniquity
  • insolvency
  • insufficiency
  • knavishness
  • lack
  • libertinage
  • libertinism
  • lowness
  • lugubriosity
  • malice
  • malignity
  • meagerness
  • melancholia
  • melancholy
  • miserliness
  • misery
  • mortification
  • necessitousness
  • necessity
  • need
  • neediness
  • pain
  • parsimony
  • pass
  • paucity
  • pauperism
  • pennilessness
  • penuriousness
  • penury
  • perversion
  • pervertedness
  • pettiness
  • pinch
  • poorness
  • privation
  • qualm
  • rakishness
  • rapacity
  • reduction
  • rot
  • sadness
  • scarcity
  • shamelessness
  • shortage
  • sinfulness
  • smallmindedness
  • sordidness
  • sorrow
  • squalor
  • starvation
  • stinginess
  • straits
  • suffering
  • the blues
  • torment
  • trouble
  • turpitude
  • underdevelopment
  • unhappiness
  • unkindness
  • unscrupulousness
  • unworthiness
  • vacancy
  • vapors
  • villainy
  • want
  • wickedness
  • woe
  • woefulness
  • worry

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