barren
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
the barrens of central Africa
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
providing no shelter or sustenance
bare rocky hills
Related & opposite
- starkness derivation
- aridity derivation
- barren derivation
- bareness derivation
- inhospitable similar to
Sense 3 adjective
not bearing offspring
a barren woman
Related & opposite
- barrenness derivation
- sterile similar to
Sense 4 adjective
completely wanting or lacking
writing barren of insight
Related & opposite
- nonexistent similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | barren |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | waste |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wild |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heathland |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | starkness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aridity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | barren |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bareness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | inhospitable |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | barrenness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | sterile |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonexistent |