Barren Synonyms and Antonyms

bărən
Lacking vegetation
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. sterile
  2. unproductive
  3. fallow
  4. infertile
  5. destitute
  6. desolate
  7. unfruitful
  8. devoid
  9. arid
  10. free
  11. innocent
Without intellectual interest
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. insipid
  2. destitute
  3. devoid
  4. dry
  5. empty
  6. innocent
  7. boring
  8. lacking
  9. void
  10. stupid
  11. wanting
A tract of unproductive land.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. waste
  2. desert
  3. wasteland
  4. Often used in plural: badlands
  5. barrenness
  6. desolation
  7. destitution
  8. infecundity
  9. infertility
  10. wilderness
  11. sterility
Unproductive of results or gains; unprofitable:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. futile

Words Related to Barren

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Barren Sentence Examples

  • The site of the town is a barren, rocky mountain valley.

  • The district is the most barren and backward portion of the province.

  • Maybe he wasn't a saddle bum, but only a greenhorn would think he could live off the barren land that surrounded them.

  • The country was mostly poor and barren, sandy hillocks, with scanty growth of spinifex.

  • As a hungry herd of cattle keeps well together when crossing a barren field, but gets out of hand and at once disperses uncontrollably as soon as it reaches rich pastures, so did the army disperse all over the wealthy city.

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