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Antonyms for bare
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  1. bare, au naturel(p), naked, nudeadjective

    completely unclothed

    "bare bodies"; "naked from the waist up"; "a nude model"

    Antonyms:
    mantled, sealed, overgrown, mud-beplastered, clad, peritrichous, clothed, crusted, wrapped, arillate, hospitable, cloaked, splattered, encrusted, dust-covered, painted, snow-covered, draped, drenched, canopied, thickspread, plastered, white, dusty, snowy, smothered, awninged, spattered, sun-drenched, ariled, beaded, fancy, splashed, wide, drenched in, muffled, decorated, blanketed, moss-grown, full, splashy, dabbled, ample, snow-clad, mossy, crusty, tiled, moon-splashed, crustlike, covered, adorned

  2. bare(a), scanty, spareadjective

    lacking in amplitude or quantity

    "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"

    Antonyms:
    splashy, dust-covered, crusted, dusty, cloaked, drenched in, spattered, mossy, snowy, tiled, crusty, arillate, overgrown, moon-splashed, encrusted, draped, sealed, sun-drenched, covered, canopied, painted, wide, splashed, snow-clad, muffled, mud-beplastered, smothered, dabbled, awninged, beaded, full, snow-covered, adorned, drenched, blanketed, peritrichous, splattered, ample, crustlike, decorated, mantled, clothed, wrapped, fancy, moss-grown, clad, white, plastered, thickspread, hospitable, ariled

  3. unsheathed, bareadjective

    not having a protective covering

    "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade"

    Antonyms:
    mossy, ariled, sun-drenched, plastered, adorned, covered, draped, cloaked, drenched, dusty, peritrichous, overgrown, beaded, snow-covered, snowy, crusty, muffled, smothered, ample, spattered, snow-clad, blanketed, decorated, splattered, hospitable, painted, mantled, clothed, dust-covered, wide, crustlike, splashy, full, wrapped, arillate, dabbled, clad, splashed, white, sealed, drenched in, encrusted, thickspread, moss-grown, mud-beplastered, crusted, fancy, canopied, moon-splashed, awninged, tiled

    Synonyms:
    unembellished, marginal, au naturel(p), simple(a), scanty, spare, unsheathed, nude, mere(a), plain, naked, bare(a), stark, desolate, unfinished, barren, unornamented, bleak, stripped

  4. bareadjective

    lacking its natural or customary covering

    "a bare hill"; "bare feet"

    Antonyms:
    clothed, crustlike, tiled, thickspread, blanketed, wide, hospitable, full, white, sealed, crusty, moon-splashed, crusted, painted, encrusted, peritrichous, mantled, sun-drenched, dabbled, cloaked, splashy, overgrown, drenched in, dust-covered, snow-clad, spattered, fancy, wrapped, snowy, beaded, muffled, ariled, arillate, plastered, adorned, moss-grown, clad, drenched, splashed, snow-covered, awninged, smothered, covered, dusty, draped, canopied, decorated, ample, mossy, mud-beplastered, splattered

    Synonyms:
    unembellished, marginal, au naturel(p), simple(a), scanty, spare, unsheathed, nude, mere(a), plain, naked, bare(a), stark, desolate, unfinished, unornamented, bleak, barren, stripped

  5. bare(a), marginaladjective

    just barely adequate or within a lower limit

    "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory"

    Antonyms:
    splashed, decorated, moon-splashed, splattered, wrapped, plastered, full, clad, encrusted, snowy, sun-drenched, thickspread, wide, mud-beplastered, mantled, arillate, draped, moss-grown, sealed, snow-clad, splashy, crustlike, dabbled, canopied, mossy, muffled, dust-covered, spattered, crusty, drenched, dusty, drenched in, overgrown, covered, clothed, white, adorned, blanketed, hospitable, tiled, fancy, crusted, beaded, ample, ariled, smothered, cloaked, painted, awninged, peritrichous, snow-covered

  6. bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)adjective

    apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

    "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"

    Antonyms:
    clothed, splashy, ariled, moon-splashed, canopied, arillate, draped, beaded, adorned, blanketed, wrapped, tiled, muffled, thickspread, hospitable, sun-drenched, drenched in, splattered, crustlike, wide, snow-covered, sealed, overgrown, crusted, encrusted, full, ample, dabbled, crusty, covered, mossy, peritrichous, spattered, decorated, plastered, dusty, painted, snowy, smothered, drenched, dust-covered, awninged, mantled, mud-beplastered, clad, cloaked, white, moss-grown, splashed, snow-clad, fancy

  7. bare, unfinishedadjective

    lacking a surface finish such as paint

    "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture"

    Antonyms:
    splashy, dusty, draped, moon-splashed, hospitable, cloaked, dabbled, snow-clad, overgrown, clothed, arillate, plastered, moss-grown, wrapped, covered, sealed, fancy, white, dust-covered, snow-covered, awninged, mantled, splattered, clad, splashed, beaded, crusty, snowy, mud-beplastered, painted, mossy, tiled, adorned, drenched in, full, muffled, crusted, smothered, ariled, peritrichous, thickspread, blanketed, crustlike, decorated, canopied, drenched, encrusted, ample, wide, spattered, sun-drenched

    Synonyms:
    unembellished, marginal, au naturel(p), simple(a), scanty, spare, unsheathed, nude, mere(a), plain, naked, bare(a), stark, desolate, unfinished, unornamented, bleak, barren, stripped

  8. bare, barren, bleak, desolate, starkadjective

    providing no shelter or sustenance

    "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"

    Antonyms:
    splattered, drenched in, drenched, ample, painted, encrusted, peritrichous, smothered, clad, crustlike, sealed, arillate, splashy, white, moss-grown, dabbled, mantled, beaded, moon-splashed, snow-clad, blanketed, mud-beplastered, clothed, snowy, adorned, splashed, full, awninged, wrapped, fancy, covered, plastered, decorated, ariled, dusty, spattered, thickspread, tiled, dust-covered, draped, canopied, sun-drenched, hospitable, wide, cloaked, muffled, mossy, snow-covered, overgrown, crusted, crusty

    Synonyms:
    spare, bare(a), devoid, perfect(a), consummate(a), blunt, unornamented, austere, au naturel(p), raw, marginal, arrant(a), black, severe, gross(a), staring(a), simple(a), stripped, desolate, destitute, mere(a), cutting, everlasting(a), double-dyed(a), crude(a), dim, complete(a), innocent, plain, nude, unsheathed, pure(a), unfinished, barren, stark(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), free, naked, bleak, unembellished, sodding(a), scanty, stark, utter(a), stern

  9. bare, strippedadjective

    having everything extraneous removed including contents

    "the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare"

    Antonyms:
    smothered, dust-covered, covered, decorated, ariled, thickspread, wide, canopied, draped, blanketed, sealed, clothed, wrapped, overgrown, snow-clad, encrusted, crustlike, drenched, drenched in, awninged, sun-drenched, fancy, beaded, crusted, full, snow-covered, splashy, dabbled, snowy, white, mossy, plastered, clad, peritrichous, muffled, hospitable, adorned, mud-beplastered, mantled, ample, splattered, crusty, painted, spattered, dusty, arillate, tiled, splashed, cloaked, moss-grown, moon-splashed

    Synonyms:
    unembellished, marginal, au naturel(p), simple(a), scanty, spare, unsheathed, nude, mere(a), plain, naked, bare(a), stark, desolate, unfinished, stripped-down, unornamented, bleak, barren, stripped

  10. plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamentedverb

    lacking embellishment or ornamentation

    "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"

    Antonyms:
    dabbled, sun-drenched, draped, overgrown, canopied, blanketed, ample, beaded, thickspread, adorned, snow-covered, covered, ariled, awninged, peritrichous, clothed, white, muffled, snowy, splattered, full, spattered, drenched, sealed, moss-grown, snow-clad, painted, decorated, wide, splashed, arillate, encrusted, dust-covered, cloaked, crustlike, mud-beplastered, tiled, splashy, crusted, mossy, moon-splashed, clad, hospitable, mantled, crusty, wrapped, smothered, fancy, plastered, drenched in, dusty

    Synonyms:
    evident, spare, bare(a), unpatterned, supernumerary, unmixed, bleak, redundant, unornamented, superfluous, free, au naturel(p), patent, surplus, stark, excess, simple(a), homely, trim, unmingled, stripped, desolate, supererogatory, mere(a), unvarnished, extra, sheer, apparent, plain, nude, unsheathed, unfinished, barren, manifest, scanty, naked, marginal, unembellished, unmistakable

  11. bareverb

    lay bare

    "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings"

    Antonyms:
    cloaked, mud-beplastered, arillate, blanketed, snow-clad, spattered, sealed, snowy, wide, decorated, mossy, adorned, dust-covered, splashed, fancy, awninged, smothered, clothed, encrusted, dusty, dabbled, clad, muffled, moon-splashed, crusted, plastered, sun-drenched, wrapped, drenched, overgrown, painted, thickspread, drenched in, full, splashy, ample, crustlike, covered, snow-covered, moss-grown, tiled, mantled, draped, hospitable, canopied, splattered, beaded, crusty, white, peritrichous, ariled

    Synonyms:
    publicise, denude, strip, air, denudate, publicize

  12. publicize, publicise, air, bareverb

    make public

    "She aired her opinions on welfare"

    Antonyms:
    awninged, fancy, covered, snowy, mantled, sealed, mud-beplastered, drenched, sun-drenched, muffled, arillate, cloaked, tiled, full, ariled, dabbled, adorned, encrusted, clothed, dusty, clad, splattered, plastered, canopied, splashed, splashy, draped, crusty, peritrichous, hospitable, wide, dust-covered, snow-covered, wrapped, mossy, drenched in, white, decorated, overgrown, blanketed, thickspread, smothered, moon-splashed, snow-clad, spattered, crustlike, painted, crusted, moss-grown, beaded, ample

    Synonyms:
    aerate, publicise, beam, vent, send, ventilate, advertise, strip, broadcast, air out, publicize, air, denude, transmit, advertize, denudate

  13. denude, bare, denudate, stripverb

    lay bare

    "denude a forest"

    Antonyms:
    decorated, splashy, drenched, arillate, mantled, thickspread, sealed, beaded, cloaked, crustlike, crusted, ample, smothered, crusty, clad, overgrown, clothed, canopied, encrusted, moon-splashed, plastered, dust-covered, white, snowy, blanketed, wide, mossy, snow-clad, fancy, mud-beplastered, moss-grown, snow-covered, tiled, draped, covered, ariled, full, adorned, splashed, painted, peritrichous, awninged, sun-drenched, muffled, splattered, spattered, dabbled, hospitable, drenched in, dusty, wrapped

    Synonyms:
    strip down, publicise, clean, leach, foray, divest, pillage, unclothe, deprive, plunder, publicize, dismantle, rifle, reave, air, denude, uncase, disrobe, strip, ransack, loot, discase, peel, undress, despoil, denudate, disinvest

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  1. pampas

    it is because the meaning of pampa is a vast grassy plain. but, the opposite of grassy is dead and weak

    {no antonym} the marvellous, greenery of the pampas in argentina {with antonym} the land was bare and dead not a soul was seen. not a droplet of water refreshed the land, not a river or dam in sight.

    Submitted by aminaallam.brownies on May 14, 2020  

How to use bare in a sentence?

  1. Ernest Hemingway:

    The first and most important thing of all, at least for writers today, is to strip language clean, to lay it bare down to the bone.

  2. Laura Giacobbe:

    Dominick was not left there to die, my 11-year-old son, Lorenzo, saved him, took his bare hands and took the fire out on his face.

  3. Phyllis McGinley:

    Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone.

  4. Rick Scott:

    President Biden had the chance to actually stand up to Beijing’s genocide and human rights abuses, but again, he has chosen appeasement and weakness over strength and resolve, time and time again, Biden does the bare minimum when it comes to dealing with China and it’s absolutely unacceptable.

  5. Rob Bliss:

    I simply wanted to capture street harassment in a very intimate, close-up way in the real world and have people talk about it, i just wanted to lay it all bare.

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#348white
#917wide
#2146covered
#4882sealed
#5886painted
#6823fancy
#6959bare
#9076wrapped
#10921decorated
#13172beaded
#13357ample
#15965dusty
#16356clad
#19805snowy
#28662tiled
#28737clothed
#29578adorned
#31191drenched
#34398draped
#40903mossy
#41434crusty
#43499hospitable
#47771overgrown
#48697smothered
#48972splashed
#49055muffled
#50305plastered
#57822cloaked
#59522encrusted
#60017crusted
#71269splattered
#92165dabbled
#97791blanketed
#101092splashy
#125627spattered
#154227mantled
#162041canopied

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