- pronunciation:
- bae
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n
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
not able to produce or support growth.
No crops grow in the barren desert.
- synonyms:
- infertile
- antonyms:
- fertile
- similar words:
- desolate, fruitless, poor, useless, waste, worthless
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| definition 2: |
incapable of conceiving and bearing young; sterile.
- synonyms:
- infertile, sterile
- antonyms:
- fertile, productive
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| related words: |
bald, bleak, dreary, empty, vacant, wild |
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| derivations: |
barrenly (adv.), barrenness (n.) |
The words
barren and
baron sound alike but have different meanings.