Synonyms for barriers

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bar-ee-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbær i ər

Top 10 synonyms for barriers

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Définition of barriers

Origin : early 14c., barere, from Anglo-French barrere, Old French barriere "obstacle, gatekeeper," from barre "bar" (see bar (n.1)). First record of barrier reef is from 1805.

noun obstruction
noun obstruction to goal

Example sentences :

Barriers, moreover, must certainly have been thrown across that street.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Already the barriers of custom and common-sense were raising their solid heads.
Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley

All barriers were broken down, and she clung to him and cried.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

She had chafed when the barriers rose between her mind and theirs.
Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair

Hence there should be a free crossing of the barriers in use of materials at all times.
Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

We perforce took our peeps at nature from behind the barriers.
Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore

With his father's might Pyrrhus presses on; nor guards nor barriers can hold out.
Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil

When the barriers are down and the masks are off, God has a chance of making us really one.
Extract from : « The Calvary Road » by Roy Hession

They are our shields and barriers; our sure defense; our shock absorbers.
Extract from : « Jane Journeys On » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell

The barriers passed, your pariah gentleman can be the completest blackguard of them all.
Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer

Antonyms for barriers

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