| Main Entry: | barren |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to support growth |
Synonyms: |
arid, depleted, desert, desolate, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, impotent, impoverished, infecund, infertile, parched, sterile, unbearing, uncultivable, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive, waste |
Antonyms: |
developing, fecund, fertile, filled, full, growing, productive, useful |
| Main Entry: | barren |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unprofitable |
Synonyms: |
dull, flat, fruitless, futile, lackluster, profitless, stale, uninspiring, unproductive, unrewarding, useless, vain, vapid |
Antonyms: |
developing, growing, productive, profitable |
| Main Entry: | arid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dry |
Synonyms: |
barren, bone-dry, desert, dry as a bone, dry as dust, dusty, moistureless, parched, thirsty, waterless |
Antonyms: |
damp, humid, moist, wet |
| Main Entry: | bald |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having no covering |
Synonyms: |
baldheaded, bare, barren, depilated, exposed, glabrous, hairless, head*, naked, shaven, skin head, smooth, stark, uncovered |
Antonyms: |
hairy, hirsute |
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without covering or content |
Synonyms: |
arid, barren, blank, bleak, clear, desert, desolate, empty, lacking, mean, open, poor, scanty, scarce, stark, unfurnished, vacant, vacuous, void, wanting |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
Antonyms: |
covered, full |
| Main Entry: | blank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clear |
Synonyms: |
bare, barren, clean, empty, fresh, new, pale, plain, spotless, uncompleted, unfilled, unmarked, untouched, unused, vacant, vacuous, virgin, virginal, void, white |
Antonyms: |
filled, full, habited, occupied |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working |
Synonyms: |
barren, bygone, defunct, departed, exhausted, extinct, gone, inactive, inoperable, inoperative, lost, obsolete, spent, stagnant, sterile, still, tired, unemployed, unprofitable, useless, vanished, wearied, worn, worn out |
Antonyms: |
active, alive, animate, animated, live, operative, working |
| Main Entry: | desert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wasteland; dry area |
Synonyms: |
Sahara, arid region, badland, barren, barren land, flats, lava bed, sand dunes, solitude, wild, wilderness, wilds |
Antonyms: |
wetland |
| Main Entry: | deserted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned, unoccupied |
Synonyms: |
bare, barren, bereft, cast off, derelict, desolate, empty, forlorn, forsaken, godforsaken, isolated, left, left in the lurch, left stranded, lonely, lorn, neglected, relinquished, solitary, uncouth, uninhabited, vacant |
Antonyms: |
busy, crowded, populated, populous |
| Main Entry: | devoid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty, wanting |
Synonyms: |
bare, barren, bereft, deficient, denuded, destitute, free from, innocent, lacking, needed, sans, unprovided with, vacant, void, without |
Antonyms: |
complete, filled, full |