barren

Letters that make barren

a, b, e, n, r are letters that make 'barren'

Words within barren

BA, re, Ba, ar, en, bar, BAR, AR, Re, Ar are words within 'barren'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of barren

barrens is a word created by adding a letter to 'barren'


4 possible definitions for 'barren'

Barren as "providing no shelter or sustenance"

Under this definition, barren is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

bleak, bare, desolate, stark have the same meaning as 'barren'

Derivatives of barren

nakedness, bareness, starkness, wasteland, fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness, barren, waste, desolation, bleakness are derivatives of 'barren'.

Similar to barren

inhospitable is similar to barren.

Example of barren used within this context

"bare rocky hills", "barren lands", "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes", "the desolate surface of the moon", "a stark landscape"


Barren as "an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation"

Under this definition, barren is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

wasteland, waste have the same meaning as 'barren'

barren as a type

'barren' can be a type of wilderness, wild.

Types of barren

heath, heathland are types of 'barren'.

Derivatives of barren

wild, barren, bleak, bare, desolate, stark, godforsaken, waste are derivatives of 'barren'.

Example of barren used within this context

"the barrens of central Africa", "the trackless wastes of the desert"


Barren as "completely wanting or lacking"

Under this definition, barren is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

innocent, free, destitute, devoid have the same meaning as 'barren'

Similar to barren

nonexistent is similar to barren.

Example of barren used within this context

"writing barren of insight", "young recruits destitute of experience", "innocent of literary merit", "the sentence was devoid of meaning"


Barren as "not bearing offspring"

Under this definition, barren is an adjective and has the following properties:

Derivatives of barren

barrenness is a derivative of barren.

Similar to barren

sterile, unfertile, infertile are similar to 'barren'.

Example of barren used within this context

"a barren woman", "learned early in his marriage that he was sterile"



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