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

Residents print the permit themselves and can create their own barriers using traffic barricades, trash bins, or homemade signs. — Marina Lopes, Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2026

Others edited footage of themselves dodging police barricades to mimic the popular endless runner mobile game Subway Surfers. — ABC News, 25 July 2026

Roughly 2 million fans attended, leaving thousands more on the wrong side of the police barricades along Broadway—close but frustratingly far from the team. — Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 24 July 2026

Roughly 2 million fans attended, leaving thousands more on the wrong side of the police barricades along Broadway — close but frustratingly far from the team. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026

Protesters were seen pushing through police barricades and scuffling with security personnel as authorities attempted to stop the march. — Priyanka Salve,raksha Murali, CNBC, 23 July 2026

Video from The Associated Press showed protesters gathering together to push over the tall yellow barricades and sometimes climbing atop them as droves of Delhi Police stood guard in riot gear. — Connor Greene, Time, 22 July 2026

Authorities in New Delhi cut off mobile internet, put up barricades and shut off metro train stations near the protest site. — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026

Party leaders, Wangchuk’s wife and supporters accuse authorities of ‘abducting’ him to stifle a growing protest movement, as police flood main protest with barricades and paramilitary forces. — Aijaz Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 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