Synonyms of stark

stark

adjective

1

as in grim

harsh and threatening in manner or appearance

stark and forbidding mountains that the settlers knew that they would have to cross

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grim
• gruff
• fierce
• stern
• bleak
• rugged
• intimidating
• severe
• forbidding
• hostile
• rough
• austere
• dour
• steely
• somber
• dark
• cold
• flinty
• lowering
• hardened
• louring
• ungentle
• black
• stubborn
• moody
• solemn
• resolute
• unflinching
• inhospitable
• stiff
• adamant
• steadfast
• uncompromising
• unrelenting
• unsympathetic
• unfriendly
• purposeful
• rigid
• bound
• determined
• inimical
• implacable
• resolved
• sombre
• serious
• wilful
• intent
• unyielding
• willful
• unbending
• gloomy
• obdurate
• cheerless
• sullen
• fixed
• hard
• melancholy
• firm
• morose
• obstinate
• inflexible
• glum
• unchangeable
• melancholic
• immovable
• immutable
• joyless
• brooding
• unsmiling
• sober
• hardheaded
• set
• surly
• sulky
• grave
• staid
• humorless
• mulish
• weighty
• ironhanded
• self-willed
• sobersided

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mild
• gentle
• benign
• soft
• bland
• quiet
• tender
• easy
• soothing
• meek
• mellow
• benignant
• bright
• tranquil
• sweet
• pleasant
• cheerful
• pleasing
• agreeable
• nonintimidating
• inviting
• sunny
• happy
• merry
• glad
• lighthearted
• silly
• playful
• mirthful
• frivolous
• goofy
• giddy
• scatterbrained
• flighty
• harebrained
• featherbrained
• light-headed

2

as in sheer

having no exceptions or restrictions

the school's stark prohibition against obscene slogans on clothing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sheer
• simple
• utter
• unconditional
• absolute
• pure
• complete
• definite
• total
• very
• profound
• outright
• damned
• damn
• real
• perfect
• huge
• deadly
• downright
• categorical
• dreadful
• blank
• unmitigated
• endless
• thoroughgoing
• unadulterated
• clean
• thorough
• categoric
• constant
• crashing
• regular
• unqualified
• flat
• fair
• consummate
• plumb
• flat-out
• horrible
• straight-out
• genuine
• blooming
• unalloyed
• dead
• out-and-out
• terrible
• stone
• extreme
• eternal
• bodacious
• all-out
• perpetual
• arrant
• rank
• unremitting
• veritable
• classic
• authentic
• main
• extraordinary
• hopeless
• undying
• supreme
• terrific
• unrestricted
• frightful
• habitual
• confirmed
• superlative
• inveterate
• surpassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• questionable
• doubtful
• restricted
• dubious
• qualified
• equivocal

3

as in devoid

lacking contents that could or should be present

house buyers trying to imagine what those stark rooms would look like when filled with furniture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devoid
• empty
• barren
• bare
• blank
• clean
• vacuous
• vacant
• void
• drained
• hollow
• clear
• toom
• open
• emptied
• deserted
• available
• uninhabited
• dry
• unfilled
• unfurnished
• free
• unoccupied
• depleted
• forsaken
• unattended
• vacated
• abandoned
• exhausted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• full
• complete
• replete
• provided
• furnished
• filled
• supplied
• occupied
• packed
• flush
• overflowing
• teeming

4

as in desolate

producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation

a once-lush landscape rendered depressingly stark by strip-mining and deforestation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• desolate
• barren
• bleak
• impoverished
• poor
• waste
• hardscrabble
• bony
• unproductive
• unfertile
• infertile
• dry
• desert
• boney
• lifeless
• dead
• inhospitable
• thirsty
• drained
• reduced
• diminished
• arid
• exhausted
• consumed
• depleted
• untillable
• sere
• uncultivable
• enfeebled
• debilitated
• spent
• lessened
• droughty
• waterless
• sunbaked
• sear
• rainless
• expended
• parched
• baked
• dehydrated
• dried-up
• used up
• bankrupted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rich
• fertile
• productive
• lush
• fruitful
• luxuriant
• green
• arable
• verdant
• tillable
• sylvan

5

as in spartan

providing only the essentials and nothing fancy or luxurious

monks who have committed themselves to living in stark cells and working and praying in silence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spartan
• austere
• simple
• unadorned
• no-frills
• plain
• undecorated
• unfancy
• unelaborate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• luxurious
• plush
• deluxe
• luxe
• elaborate
• fancy
• Lucullan
• decorated
• adorned
• Lucullian

Phrases Containing stark

• stark naked