Thesaurus
bare
Synonyms and Antonyms of bare
- impoverished people who can no longer afford the bare necessities
- Do you want to know the bare truth?
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
- The ground was bare, without a trace of grass.
- The toddler liked to run around bare.
in the altogether (or the buff), stark naked
- The cupboard was bare—not a thing to eat.
- The cupboard was bare of baking supplies.
Synonym Discussion of bare
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- an apartment with bare walls
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- poor half-naked children
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- a nude model posing for art students
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- a bald mountain peak
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- barren plains
bare
Synonyms and Antonyms of bare
- She finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long.
bring to light, go public (with), let the cat out of the bag (about), spill the beans (about)
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