Barren

Meaning

sterile; unable to produce; desolate; unproductive

too poor to produce much or any vegetation; unproductive or empty

Example Sentences

The barren desert stretched for miles without any vegetation.

The land was barren and could not support crops.

Example Expressions

barren of ideas

Synonyms

sterile, infertile, desolate, unproductive, arid, empty

Entry 1

sterile, infertile, desolate, unproductive

Entry 2

infertile, unproductive, arid, empty, sterile

Antonyms

fertile, productive, fruitful, lush

Entry 1

fertile, productive, fruitful, lush

Entry 2

fertile, productive, fruitful

Collocations

barren land, barren desert, barren landscape, barren soil, barren of

Entry 1

barren land, barren desert, barren landscape

Entry 2

barren land, barren desert, barren soil, barren of