Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun barley

2 senses of barley

Sense 1
barley, barleycorn -- (a grain of barley)
       => grain, food grain, cereal -- (foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses)

Sense 2
barley -- (cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain)
       => cereal, cereal grass -- (grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet)