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barest

ADJECTIVE

without clothing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bald exposed naked uncovered

STRONG

denuded disrobed divested peeled stripped unclad unclothed undressed

WEAK

bareskinned in one's birthday suit nude shorn unrobed

Antonyms

STRONGEST

private secret

WEAK

adorned clothed covered decorated full robed

ADJECTIVE

without covering or content

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arid barren bleak desolate empty stark vacant

STRONG

blank clear desert lacking mean open void wanting

WEAK

poor scanty scarce unfurnished vacuous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cheerful filled full productive

STRONG

ambiguous blocked closed occupied sufficient unclear vague

WEAK

adorned clothed covered decorated robed

ADJECTIVE

simple, unadorned

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bald cold meager mere stark

STRONG

blunt scant sheer spare

WEAK

austere basic chaste essential hard literal modest severe simple unembellished unornamented

Antonyms

STRONG

thick

WEAK

adorned clothed covered decorated full robed

Example Sentences

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This is the barest minimum required when reading a picture book to children.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2025

The assistant referee did actually flag for offside, but it was extremely tight and VAR subsequently spent several minutes checking Archer's position, with the Saints forward eventually being ruled onside by the barest of margins.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

One theory is that men just aren’t taught about the finer points of hygiene—that because cleanliness is dismissed as a feminine trait, parents give boys only the barest instruction in why and how to clean.

From Slate • May 17, 2024

“He’s buying a piano so that I can teach the children to play,” Claire says, the flatness of her voice the barest camouflage for her anguish.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

She put her finger on one of the threads coming out of her own chest, and that barest touch brought a flood of terror into her mind.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack