1. (noun)barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill, taproom a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter Synonyms: cake, sedan, prevention, legal profession, legal community, pothouse, gin mill, public house, barroom, ginmill, taphouse, measure, bar, saloon, stripe, streak, taproom, pub Antonyms: unbar
2. (noun)bar a counter where you can obtain food or drink Synonyms: measure, taproom, stripe, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention Antonyms: unbar
3. (noun)bar a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon Synonyms: measure, taproom, stripe, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention Antonyms: unbar
4. (noun)measure, bar musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats Synonyms: measure, standard, measuring stick, metre, quantity, meter, amount, mensuration, legal profession, measuring, taproom, criterion, streak, barroom, step, bill, prevention, measurement, bar, saloon, beat, cake, stripe, legal community, ginmill, cadence, measuring rod, touchstone Antonyms: unbar
5. (noun)bar an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal Synonyms: measure, taproom, stripe, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention Antonyms: unbar
6. (noun)prevention, bar the act of preventing Synonyms: measure, taproom, stripe, bar, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention Antonyms: unbar
7. (noun)bar (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter Synonyms: measure, taproom, stripe, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention Antonyms: unbar
8. (noun)bar a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore Synonyms: measure, taproom, stripe, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention Antonyms: unbar
9. (noun)legal profession, bar, legal community the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction Synonyms: measure, taproom, stripe, bar, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention Antonyms: unbar
10. (noun)stripe, streak, bar a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background Synonyms: cake, prevention, legal profession, legal community, barroom, ginmill, measure, bar, run, stripe, streak, band, taproom, chevron, stripes, grade insignia, saloon, banding Antonyms: unbar
11. (noun)cake, bar a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) Synonyms: measure, taproom, stripe, bar, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, patty, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention Antonyms: unbar
12. (noun)Browning automatic rifle, BAR a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War Synonyms: measure, taproom, stripe, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention Antonyms: unbar
13. (noun)bar a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises Synonyms: measure, taproom, stripe, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention Antonyms: unbar
14. (noun)bar a heating element in an electric fire Synonyms: measure, taproom, stripe, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention Antonyms: unbar
15. (verb)bar (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried Synonyms: measure, taproom, stripe, streak, legal community, legal profession, saloon, cake, ginmill, barroom, prevention Antonyms: unbar
17. (verb)barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar render unsuitable for passage Synonyms: debar, block up, banish, lug, cease, immobilize, seal off, relegate, obturate, hold on, give up, jam, arrest, block off, close up, end, blank out, freeze, finish, obstruct, terminate, deflect, parry, embarrass, hold back, kibosh, lay off, draw a blank, stop over, hinder, break, impede, block, shut off, forget, exclude, stop, stuff, stymy, break off, turn back, blockade, immobilise, bar, occlude, barricade, discontinue, halt, contain, close off, barricado, choke up, intercept, stymie, quit, check Antonyms: unbar
18. (verb)banish, relegate, bar expel, as if by official decree Synonyms: barricade, blockade, block up, relegate, bump, cast out, banish, classify, ban, blackball, submit, demote, break, debar, block, kick downstairs, bar, ostracize, block off, pass on, exclude, ostracise, stop, shun Antonyms: unbar
19. (verb)bar secure with, or as if with, bars Synonyms: stop, block, exclude, relegate, banish, barricade, block up, block off, debar, blockade Antonyms: unbar
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'bar'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. bar A bar is something that is or may be firmly fixed, ordinarily with intent to prevent entrance or egress; as, the bars of a prison cell; the bars of a wood-lot. A barrier obstructs, but is not Synonyms: barrier, bar, bulwark, obstruction, rampart, barricade, hindrance, parapet, restraint, breastwork, obstacle, prohibition, restriction Antonyms: admittance, opening, road, transit, entrance, passage, thoroughfare, way