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English adjective: barren | |||
| 1. | barren providing no shelter or sustenance | ||
| Samples | Bare rocky hills. Barren lands. The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes. The desolate surface of the moon. A stark landscape. | ||
| Synonyms | bare, bleak, desolate, stark | ||
| Similar | inhospitable | ||
| Antonyms | hospitable | ||
| 2. | barren not bearing offspring | ||
| Samples | A barren woman. Learned early in his marriage that he was sterile. | ||
| Similar | infertile, sterile, unfertile | ||
| Antonyms | fertile | ||
| 3. | barren completely wanting or lacking | ||
| Samples | Writing barren of insight. Young recruits destitute of experience. Innocent of literary merit. The sentence was devoid of meaning. | ||
| Synonyms | destitute, devoid, free, innocent | ||
| Similar | nonexistent | ||
| Antonyms | existent, existing | ||
English noun: barren | |||
| 1. | barren (location) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation | ||
| Samples | The barrens of central Africa. The trackless wastes of the desert. | ||
| Synonyms | waste, wasteland | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wild, wilderness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | heath, heathland | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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