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Synonyms for bare

69 synonyms
45 antonyms
6 meanings

adjective
verb

Most common

unadorned empty plain bald naked nude clear stark

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Simple — having no decoration

unadorned, empty, plain, bald, undecorated, unvarnished, basic, pure, pyore US, spare, spartan, untrimmed, unembellished, blank, chaste, austere, severe, essential, dumb, unornamented, ungarnished, undecked, simple dated

2. Naked — naked, uncovered

naked, nude, unclothed, exposed, denuded, undressed, uncovered, au naturel, undraped

3. Unconcealed — without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed

clear, unconcealed, apparent, manifest, displayed

4. Stark

stark, barren, bleak, desolate

Other

mere, stripped, meager US CA, meagre UK, minimal, very, threadbare, scanty, sheer, worn-out, destitute, lean, shabby

Verb

1. Strip

strip, lay bare, uncover, show, reveal, undress, denude, divest, unveil, denudate

2. Publicize

air, publicize US, publicise UK

Other

Antonyms

full, sufficient, ample

All antonyms of bare →

Definitions

adj. 1
Naked, uncovered.
adj. 2
Having no decoration.
The walls of this room are bare — why not hang some paintings on them?
adj. 3
Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
v. 1
To uncover; to reveal.
She bared her teeth at him.

Related words

Word family: bare-arse bareass bare-assed bareback barebone bare-boned bare-bones bare-boobed
Phrases: lay bare bare beating bare one's soul bare beater bare king bare minimum king bare bare one's breast

Forms

Past participle: bared
e.g. bared → stripped, uncovered, shown, revealed…

Example sentences

empty An empty stomach doesn't help on the mental front.
bald I'm going bald. Hmm. What can I do to compensate?
unadorned It was a small, unadorned room.
naked What's wrong with running around your house naked?
nude He undressed and went down nude towards the beach.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
bare		rising
empty		rising
bald		rising
unadorned		rising
undecorated		steady
naked		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: air¹
4 letters: very², show¹, pure¹, dumb¹, mere¹, lean¹, nude¹, bald¹
5 letters: clear¹, basic², empty², plain¹, naked², strip¹, spare¹, blank¹, stark¹, sheer¹, bleak¹, pyore
6 letters: simple², severe², reveal², expose², barren², shabby², unveil², meager², meagre, divest², chaste¹, unmask², scanty², denude²
7 letters: exposed², minimal³, uncover³, spartan², austere², undress², denuded³
8 letters: apparent³, stripped¹, manifest³, desolate³, undecked, undraped, denudate
9 letters: essential³, displayed², uncovered³, destitute³, undressed², publicize³, unadorned³, publicise, unclothed, untrimmed
10 letters: threadbare²
11 letters: unvarnished³, undecorated, unconcealed³, ungarnished
12 letters: unornamented
13 letters: unembellished

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (very² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: nu
Italiano: nudo
Español: desnudo
Deutsch: bloß
Català: nu