bare

Meaning

1. Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
2. Naked, uncovered.
3. Having no supplies.
4. Having no decoration.
5. Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
6. (slang) A lot or lots of.
7. With head uncovered; bareheaded.
8. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
9. Mere; without embellishment.
10. Threadbare, very worn.
11. Not insured.

naked

nude

denudate

not covered

disclose

completely naked

deprive of

out in the open

without clothing

empty hand

make naked

make bare

naked plain

deprive … of

no handle

destitude

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɛə(ɹ)/

From Middle English bare, bar, from Old English bær (“bare, naked, open”), from Proto-West Germanic *baʀ, from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós, from *bʰos- (“bare, barefoot”). Cognate with Scots bare, bair (“bare”), Saterland Frisian bar (“bare”), West Frisian baar (“bare”), Dutch bar (“bare”), German bar (“bare”), Swedish bar (“bare”), Icelandic ber (“bare”), Lithuanian basas (“barefoot, bare”), Polish bosy (“barefoot”).