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bare

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of bare

1 being this and no more

impoverished people who can no longer afford the bare necessities

Synonyms of bare

Words Related to bare

absolute, all-out, arrant, out-and-out, outright, pure, sheer, simple, stark, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unmitigated, unqualified, utter

alone, lone, only, singular, sole, solitary, solo, unique

2 free from all additions or embellishment

do you want to know the bare truth?

Synonyms of bare

bald, naked, plain, plain-vanilla, simple, unadorned, undecorated, unembellished, unornamented, unvarnished

Words Related to bare

denuded, divested, stripped

au naturel, earthy, elemental, homely, natural, unsophisticated

forthright, honest, modest, unpretentious

antiseptic, austere, bleak, severe, spartan, stark

inconspicuous, muted, restrained, sober, subdued, toned (down), unobtrusive

conservative, quiet, understated

Near Antonyms of bare

flamboyant, flashy, garish, gaudy, glittery, glitzy, loud, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank (or swanky), tawdry

bedizened, florid, lurid, ornate

exaggerated, overdecorated, overdone, overwrought

baroque, elaborate, extravagant, ornate, rococo

appareled (or apparelled), arrayed, bedecked, decked-out, dressed, embroidered, garnished, trimmed

Antonyms of bare

adorned, decorated, embellished, fancy, ornamented

3 lacking a usual or natural covering

the ground was bare, without a trace of grass

Synonyms of bare

bald, denuded, exposed, naked, open, peeled, stripped, uncovered

Words Related to bare

displayed, revealed

hairless, shaven

disrobed, unclad, unclothed, undressed

furless, skinned

Near Antonyms of bare

overgrown, overrun, overspread

Antonyms of bare

4 lacking or shed of clothing

the toddler liked to run around bare

Synonyms of bare

au naturel, bottomless, disrobed, mother-naked, naked, nude, raw, starkers [chiefly British], stripped, unclad, unclothed, undressed

Words Related to bare

seminude, topless

denuded, peeled

Phrases Synonymous with bare

in the altogether (or the buff), stark naked

Near Antonyms of bare

covered, veiled

arrayed, caparisoned, decked (out), rigged (out), tricked (out)

Antonyms of bare

appareled (or apparelled), attired, clad, clothed, dressed, garbed, invested, robed, suited

5 lacking contents that could or should be present

the cupboard was bare—not a thing to eat

Synonyms of bare

blank, clean, devoid, empty, stark, toom [chiefly Scottish], vacant, vacuous, void

Words Related to bare

available, clear, free, open

unfilled, unfurnished

unattended, uninhabited, unoccupied

abandoned, deserted, emptied, forsaken, vacated

depleted, drained, dry, exhausted

Near Antonyms of bare

furnished, provided, supplied

filled, occupied

flush, overflowing, packed, teeming

Antonyms of bare

6 utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected

the cupboard was bare of baking supplies

Synonyms of bare

bankrupt, barren, bereft, destitute, devoid, void

Words Related to bare

blank, empty, innocent, stark, vacant, wanting

deficient, fragmental, fragmentary, incomplete, insufficient, partial, short

absent, missing

Near Antonyms of bare

furnished, provided, supplied

brimming, bulging, bursting, chock-full (or chockful), crammed, crowded, fat, jammed, jam-packed, loaded, packed, saturated, stuffed

abounding, swarming, teeming, thick, thronging

Antonyms of bare

filled, flush, fraught, full, replete, rife

Synonym Discussion of bare

bare, naked, nude, bald, barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable.

- an apartment with bare walls

naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness.

- poor half-naked children

nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure.

- a nude model posing for art students

bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness.

- a bald mountain peak

barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility.

- barren plains

bare

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bare

to make known (as information previously kept secret)

finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long

Synonyms of bare

disclose, discover, divulge, expose, let on (about), reveal, spill, tell, unbosom, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil

Words Related to bare

debunk, show up

unclothe, undrape

advertise, announce, blaze, bring out, broadcast, declare, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, sound

betray, blab, give away, leak

inform, squeal, talk

communicate, impart, relate

acknowledge, admit, avow, concede, confess, own

disinter, rake up, smoke out, unearth

Phrases Synonymous with bare

bring to light, go public (with), let the cat out of the bag (about), spill the beans (about)

Near Antonyms of bare

camouflage, disguise

gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash

becloud, bedim, befog, cloud, darken, eclipse, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade

Antonyms of bare

cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide, mask, shroud, veil

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