Bare meaning

What does “bare” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“bare” is a verb and adjective with 13 meanings. Its most common meaning is: lay bare.

bare

completely unclothed
“bare bodies”
“naked from the waist up”
Synonymsau naturel naked nude
lacking in magnitude or quantity
“a bare livelihood”
“a scanty harvest”
Synonymsscanty spare
not having a protective covering
“unsheathed cables”
“a bare blade”
Synonymsunsheathed
lacking its natural or customary covering
“a bare hill”
“bare feet”
Oppositescovered
just barely adequate or within a lower limit
“a bare majority”
“a marginal victory”
Synonymsmarginal
apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
“only the bare facts”
“shocked by the mere idea”
Synonymsmere simple
lacking a surface finish such as paint
“bare wood”
“unfinished furniture”
Synonymsunfinished
providing no shelter or sustenance
“bare rocky hills”
“barren lands”
Synonymsbarren bleak desolate stark
having everything extraneous removed including contents
“the bare walls”
“the cupboard was bare”
Synonymsstripped
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
“a plain hair style”
“unembellished white walls”
Synonymsplain spare unembellished unornamented

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University