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Detailed Synonyms for barren in English

barren:

barren adj

  1. barren
  2. barren
  3. barren
  4. barren
  5. barren
  6. barren
    bare; barren
  7. barren
    – completely wanting or lacking 1
    free; innocent; barren; destitute; devoid
    – completely wanting or lacking 1
    • free adj
    • innocent adj
      • innocent of literary merit1
    • barren adj
      • writing barren of insight1
    • destitute adj
      • young recruits destitute of experience1
    • devoid adj
      • the sentence was devoid of meaning1
  8. barren
    – not bearing offspring 1
    barren
    – not bearing offspring 1
  9. barren
    – providing no shelter or sustenance 1
    bare; bleak; barren; desolate; stark
    – providing no shelter or sustenance 1
    • bare adj
      • bare rocky hills1
    • bleak adj
      • the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes1
    • barren adj
      • barren lands1
    • desolate adj
      • the desolate surface of the moon1
    • stark adj
      • a stark landscape1

barren

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barren [the ~] noun

  1. the barren
    – an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation 1
    the waste; the barren; the wasteland
    – an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation 1
    • waste [the ~] noun
      • the trackless wastes of the desert1
    • barren [the ~] noun
      • the barrens of central Africa1
    • wasteland [the ~] noun

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Related Definitions for "barren":

  1. completely wanting or lacking1
    • writing barren of insight1
  2. not bearing offspring1
    • a barren woman1
  3. providing no shelter or sustenance1
    • barren lands1
  4. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation1
    • the barrens of central Africa1

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