mere vs bare
bare vs meremere is a noun but bare is not a noun.
mere and bare both are adjectives.
mere is not a verb while bare is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mere | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| bare | No | Yes | Yes | No |
As adjectives,
mere and bare
are synonyms defined as:
- mere and bare: apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
Other synonyms of mere include
simple.
| mere (noun) | bare (noun) |
|---|---|
| a small pond of standing water |
| mere (adjective) | bare (adjective) |
|---|---|
| apart from anything else; without additions or modifications | lacking its natural or customary covering |
| being nothing more than specified | not having a protective covering |
| having everything extraneous removed including contents | |
| providing no shelter or sustenance | |
| lacking in magnitude or quantity | |
| just barely adequate or within a lower limit | |
| apart from anything else; without additions or modifications | |
| lacking embellishment or ornamentation | |
| having no clothes on the body | |
| lacking a surface finish such as paint |
| mere (verb) | bare (verb) |
|---|---|
| lay bare | |
| make public | |
| expose to view |
Words related to "mere"
Words related to "bare"
- air
- au naturel
- bald
- bareness
- barren
- beam
- bleak
- bring out
- broadcast
- bulletin
- burn off
- circularise
- circularize
- circulate
- clear
- covered
- defoliate
- denudate
- denude
- denuded
- desolate
- diffuse
- disperse
- disseminate
- distribute
- empty
- expose
- hype
- inhospitable
- issue
- marginal
- meager
- meagerly
- meagre
- mere
- naked
- narrow
- nude
- pass around
- plain
- propagate
- publicise
- publicize
- publish
- put out
- release
- scanty
- scrimpy
- send
- simple
- spare
- spread
- stark
- stingy
- strip
- stripped
- tell
- transmit
- unadorned
- unclothed
- uncover
- undecorated
- undraped
- unembellished
- unfinished
- unornamented
- unpainted
- unroofed
- unsheathed
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