Antonyms for bare
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : bair |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɛər |
Definition of bare
Origin :- Old English bær "naked, uncovered, unclothed," from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (cf. German bar, Old Norse berr, Dutch baar), from PIE *bhosos (cf. Armenian bok "naked;" Old Church Slavonic bosu, Lithuanian basas "barefoot"). Meaning "sheer, absolute" (c.1200) is from the notion of "complete in itself."
- adj without clothing
- adj without covering or content
- adj simple, unadorned
- verb reveal
- More than a bare recital of the wretched facts, therefore, is not seemly.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The bare reference to a single consideration will be conclusive on this point.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- The ministry escaped censure when the vote was taken by a bare majority.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Her throat was bare, and she saw the muscles of it knotted in the struggle for life.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- By shifting his position his lips came close to her bare young arm.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He leaned over and ran his and caressingly along her bare forearm.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- When she could not sleep, she got up and padded to the window in bare feet.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- You can see the bare places under the pines where they have their dancing-places.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- You hear them calling from the house-tops, and the beat of bare feet on the dancing places.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- She jumped out on to the floor with her bare feet, and ran eagerly to the window.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for bare
- arid
- austere
- bald
- bareskinned
- barren
- basic
- blank
- bleak
- blunt
- chaste
- clear
- cold
- denuded
- desert
- desolate
- disclose
- disrobed
- divested
- divulge
- empty
- essential
- exhibit
- expose
- exposed
- hard
- in one's birthday suit
- lacking
- literal
- meager
- mean
- mere
- modest
- naked
- nude
- open
- peeled
- poor
- publish
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- severe
- sheer
- shorn
- show
- simple
- spare
- stark
- stripped
- unclad
- unclothed
- uncover
- uncovered
- undressed
- unembellished
- unfurnished
- unornamented
- unrobed
- unroll
- unveil
- vacant
- vacuous
- void
- wanting
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