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Synonyms for barrack

24 synonyms
1 antonym
4 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

tease badger exhort fleer

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Jeer — to jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means

heckle, taunt, make fun of informal, badger, twit, tease, mock, ridicule, chaff, deride, jape, jeer dated

2. Pep up

pep up informal, inspire, exhort, urge on, urge

3. Scoff

scoff, jibe UK, gibe US, flout, fleer

4. Cheer — to cheer for or support a team

cheer, root for informal US

Noun

Antonyms

All antonyms of barrack →

Definitions

v. 1
To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
v. 2
To cheer for or support a team.
v. 3
To house military personnel; to quarter.
n. 1
A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.

Forms

Plural: barracks → roots…
Past participle: barracked
e.g. barracked → heckled, taunted, badgered, twitted…

Example sentences

tease Tom used to tease me a lot, but he doesn't anymore.
badger The sultan does not like the badger and the badger the sultan.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
barrack		steady
tease		rising
badger		rising
exhort		steady
fleer		falling

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

By length

4 letters: root¹, urge¹, mock¹, twit, jibe¹, jeer¹, gibe¹, jape
5 letters: cheer¹, tease¹, taunt¹, chaff¹, scoff¹, flout¹, fleer¹
6 letters: badger², heckle², deride², exhort²
7 letters: inspire²
8 letters: ridicule³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (badger² = 2 syllables).