Analysis Complete

barren

/ barren /
noun/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
"the barrens of central Africa"
"the trackless wastes of the desert"
Type of:
wilderness wild
Kinds of:
heath heathland
adjective satellite Sense 2
incapable of sustaining life
"the dead and barren Moon"
Similar:
dead
adjective satellite Sense 3
not bearing offspring
"a barren woman"
"learned early in his marriage that he was sterile"
Similar:
sterile unfertile infertile
adjective satellite Sense 4
providing no shelter or sustenance
"bare rocky hills"
"barren lands"
"the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"
"the desolate surface of the moon"
"a stark landscape"
Similar:
inhospitable
Semantic Complexity
50%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
5
Total Relationships
9
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

wilderness wild heath heathland dead sterile unfertile infertile inhospitable