BARRED Synonyms: 193 Similar and Opposite Words

barred 1 of 2

adjective

ˈbärd

Definition of barred next

as in striped

having stripes a tabby is a barred cat, often with black stripes

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

as in prohibited

that may not be permitted smoking is barred inside the restaurant

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

barred

2 of 2

verb

past tense of bar

as in streaked

to make stripes on barred the fence with white strips

Synonyms & Similar Words

as in forbade

to order not to do or use or to be done or used corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in excluded

to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in guarded

to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Examples of barred in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

There’s broad agreement the native owls are at risk, but the animal rights organizations behind the opposition letter this week say killing barred owls is not the answer. —

Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024 Dogs and buzzards fought over a dead cat in the middle of the street, directly across from an officer who watched the ferocious struggle from a barred window, twirling the ends of his moustache. —

Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 July 2022 At the time of the fire, there were 57 female students in the dormitory, described by police as a flat concrete building measuring about 100 feet by 40 feet, with barred windows. —

Hande Atay Alam, CNN, 23 May 2023 Men wearing hoodies and expectant gazes drifted toward a house with barred windows. —

Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023 In California, for example, the legislature in 2018 barred felony murder charges against participants in a felony who did not personally kill anyone. —

jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2021 Similarly, Alexey Kortnev, the frontman of the band Neschastny Sluchai, who was tapped to be the festival's host, declined and expressed support for the barred candidates. —

Vladimir Kozlov, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2019 The couple and their daughter had lived with Martinez’s mother in a sea-green brick home with barred windows in a working-class neighborhood of San Martin on the outskirts of the capital, San Salvador. —

Christopher Sherman, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2019 And the manner in which some died — trapped between barred windows and roaring flames — echoes this. —

New York Times, 9 July 2018

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'barred.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.