Synonyms of barricades

barricades 1 of 2

noun

plural of barricade

as in barriers

a physical object that blocks the way

the police put up barricades to block off the parade route

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barriers
• fences
• walls
• obstacles
• hedges
• blocks
• chains
• hurdles
• roadblocks
• bumpers
• ramparts
• obstructions
• curbs
• impediments
• hindrances
• inhibitions
• interferences
• restraints
• shackles
• encumbrances
• bars
• deterrents
• palings
• handicaps
• constraints
• lets
• stops
• fenders
• dams
• stumbling blocks
• snags
• cushions
• clogs
• embarrassments
• fetters
• buffers
• trammels
• manacles
• bulwarks
• pads
• pales
• hobbles
• crimps
• drags

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doors
• gates
• entrances
• doorways
• entries
• portals
• entranceways
• gaps
• entryways
• passes
• breaks

barricades

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verb

present tense third-person singular of barricade

as in guards

to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point

the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guards
• blockades
• walls (off)
• blocks (off)
• gates
• fences
• closes (off)
• bars
• curtains (off)
• hedges
• locks
• dikes
• screens (off)
• obstructs
• bolts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opens
• unbars
• reopens
• unblocks
• unbolts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of barricades

Noun

Hardy’s lawsuit said the barricades were off to the side of the street and weren’t blocking the road. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026

Thousands of police and paramilitary personnel were deployed Friday, with barricades, checkpoints and traffic curbs in place across major roads and key areas a day before the summit begins Saturday. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

If the story of women’s liberation is often told as one long unlacing of the corset, an early salvo came from the French barricades. — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Farmers blocked the highways leading into the city while demonstrators erected barricades throughout Cochabamba, occupied the central plaza, and halted transportation and commerce. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

There was no music and no hustle and bustle in Inwood on Sunday; just the sound of barricades being laid out in the normally boisterous neighborhood. — Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

That same year, however, California breached the War on Drugs barricades, becoming the first state to legalize medical marijuana. — Bob Woods, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026

Entire streets were impassable on Friday morning, blocked by bright orange barricades and several feet of water. — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 14 Aug. 2026

Ahead of the weekend’s San Jose Jazz Summer Fest, city workers placed metal barricades and hazard signs around the perimeter to keep the public away from the unstable trees. — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

Verb

The vigilante gets to Tappen and barricades the two of them in a hospital room, where a vicious brawl ensues. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026

To keep her family at bay, Alexandra barricades herself in her Brooklyn brownstone with enough Molotov cocktails to blow up the whole block. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026

Masahiro Motoki — the Oscar-winning star of Departures — plays a lord who rebels against warlord Oda Nobunaga and barricades himself inside Arioka Castle, only to face a string of unsolved murders within its walls. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026