bare

Meaning of bare

adjective
  1. (of a person or part of the body) not clothed or covered.
    he was bare from the waist up
    she padded in bare feet towards the door
  2. without addition; basic and simple.
    he outlined the bare essentials of the story
verb
  1. uncover (a part of the body or other thing) and expose it to view.
    he bared his chest to show his scar
determiner
  1. a large amount or number of.
    my birthday's on the 22nd—I'm gonna get bare cash
    I've got bare work to do
    you can't promote your party all over Twitter and then get mad when bare people show up
adverb
  1. very; really (used as an intensifier).
    you are bare lazy
    I'm in a bare good mood for once

Old English bær (noun), barian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch baar .

Information about bare

Hyphenation of bare

bare

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • bare is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

bare synonyms

Meaning au naturel:

naked, nude

Meaning scanty:

scanty, spare

Meaning unsheathed:

unsheathed

Meaning marginal:

marginal

Meaning mere:

mere, simple

Meaning unfinished:

unfinished

Meaning barren:

barren, bleak, desolate, stark

Meaning stripped:

stripped

Meaning plain:

plain, spare, unembellished, unornamented

Meaning publicize:

publicize, air

Meaning denude:

denude, denudate, strip

Meaning not wearing clothes; naked:

unclothed

Meaning wearing no clothes; naked:

undressed

Meaning not covered:

uncovered

Meaning take off one's clothes:

disrobed, undress

Meaning unclothed; naked:

unclad

Meaning not covered with cloth or drapery:

undraped

Meaning not sheltered or protected from the weather:

exposed

Meaning completely naked:

starkers

Meaning (of a person) naked:

scuddy

Meaning uncomplicated and easy to do or understand:

straightforward

Meaning forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental:

basic

Meaning not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material:

pure

Meaning absolutely necessary; extremely important:

essential

Meaning forming a necessary base or core; of central importance:

fundamental

Meaning (of a plant or an area of land) not covered by the usual leaves, bark, or vegetation:

bald

Meaning of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body:

cold

Meaning (of information) reliable, especially because based on something true or substantiated:

hard

Meaning telling or expressing the truth; honest:

truthful

Meaning having or showing a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved or expected:

realistic

Meaning savagely violent:

brutal

Meaning unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:

harsh

Meaning stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt:

explicit

Meaning leaving no doubt; unambiguous:

unequivocal

Meaning not open to more than one interpretation:

unambiguous

Meaning not exaggerated, overblown, or unrealistic:

unexaggerated

Meaning not adorned; plain:

unadorned

Meaning (of a feeling) not disguised or concealed; open:

undisguised

Meaning remove a veil or covering from, in particular uncover (a new monument or work of art) as part of a public ceremony:

unveiled, unveil

Meaning not covered with varnish:

unvarnished

Meaning (of a person) not officially recognized as a practitioner of a particular profession or activity through having satisfied the relevant conditions or requirements:

unqualified

Meaning remove a cover or covering from:

uncover

Meaning remove the clothes from (oneself or someone else):

unclothe

Meaning expose the true character of or hidden truth about:

unmask

Meaning make (something) visible by uncovering it:

expose

Meaning cause or allow (something) to be seen:

reveal

Meaning put (something) in a prominent place in order that it may readily be seen:

display

Meaning publicly display (a work of art or item of interest) in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair:

exhibit

bare antonyms

Meaning wearing clothes; dressed:

clothed

Meaning put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it:

cover

Translation of bare

Anagrams of bare

Arbe, Baer, Bear, bear, brae, Brea, Reba

Words that rhyme with bare

threadbare, pontobulbare, unbare, isobare, forbare

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