bare

adj

1. naked, stark naked, nude, Inf. in the buff, Chiefly Brit. starkers; uncovered, undressed, unclothed, undraped, unrobed, unclad, unappareled, unveiled; disrobed, stripped, bared, exposed, denuded, divested, peeled; bald, (of a young bird) callow, feather-less; shaven, shorn, depilated, tonsured; (all usu. of cloth) napless, threadbare, worn, worn thin, worn out.

2. plain, simple, pure, severe, stark, austere, basic; lean, spare, laconic, Spartan; unadorned, unembel-lished, unornamented, unvarnished, inelegant; uncol-ored, colorless, monotonous, uninteresting, dull, prosaic; empty, unfurnished, barren, blank, void, hollow; unfinished, raw, unrefined, rough, unpainted.

3. unprotected, unshielded, unsheltered; verdureless, without vegetation; desolate, bleak, grim, gaunt.

4. mere, hardly enough, scarcely sufficient; inadequate, scanty, meager; deficient, deprived, jejune, wanting, lacking, devoid of, destitute of.

5. straightforward, undisguised, unconcealed, literal, hard, cold; revealed, disclosed, displayed, shown, exhibited; open, overt, manifest, clear; outright, downright, out-and-out, utter; sheer, glaring, flagrant, arrant, blatant, notorious, baldfaced.

v

6. reveal, divulge, unmask, unfold, expose, disclose, bring to light; exhibit, display, show, evince.

7. uncover, undress, undrape, unrobe, unveil, unsheathe; disrobe, denude, denudate, divest, disease, uncase; dismantle, strip, deprive of.

8. shave, shear, depilate, tonsure; abrade, rub off, skin, erode, fret, bark, peel.