Synonyms for barricade
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To close or block a road etc., as, or using, a barricade.
- n. 1
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
Related words
- Phrases
- barricade tape
Forms
- Plural
- barricades → obstructions…
- Past participle
- barricaded
e.g. barricaded → obstructed, barriered, stopped, barred…
Choose the right word
Barricade has become practically a technical name for an improvised street fortification, and, unless in some way modified, is usually so understood.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- block The statue was carved from a block of cherry wood.
- barrier There was a language barrier between Ziri and Rima.
- obstruct Pass on, please, and do not obstruct the way.
- fasten If you turn around, I'll fasten your dress for you.
By length
- 3 letters
- bar1
- 4 letters
- stop1
- 5 letters
- block1, choke1
- 6 letters
- fasten2
- 7 letters
- barrier3
- 8 letters
- blockade2, obstruct2
- 9 letters
- barricado
- 11 letters
- obstruction3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fasten2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- barricader
- Italiano
- barricare
- Deutsch
- verbarrikadieren