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

Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026

Still, fans in Swift T-shirts crowded the barricades, watching lines of black SUVs disappear inside the arena. — ABC News, 11 July 2026

Police officers were seen walking along the barricades to keep pedestrians away. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 9 July 2026

Security is ramping up Amidst the barricades already set up, additional officers, units and tactical personnel are expected around the venue. — Bryan West, USA Today, 2 July 2026

She was forced to wait until the next morning, when shooting stopped, to find a motorcycle taxi driver willing to navigate around barricades and checkpoints to reach the maternity hospital. — Tirana Hassan, Time, 26 June 2026

Police and volunteers were everywhere, as were cones and barricades. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 21 June 2026

Police adjust barricades at a security checkpoint at Nassau Street and Maiden Lane. — Amina Kilpatrick, NBC news, 19 June 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