Antonyms of verb bar

1 of 4 senses of bar

Sense 4
bar -- (secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door")
       Antonym of unbar (Sense 1)
      => unbar -- (remove a bar from (a door))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bar

4 senses of bar

Sense 1
bar, debar, exclude -- (prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club")
       => forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix -- (command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans")

Sense 2
barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar -- (render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road")
       => obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through; "obstruct the path")

Sense 3
banish, relegate, bar -- (expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country")
       => expel, throw out, kick out -- (force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country")

Sense 4
bar -- (secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door")
       => fasten, fix, secure -- (cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man")

Antonyms of adj barred

2 senses of barred

Sense 1
barricaded, barred, blockaded -- (preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded harbor")

INDIRECT (VIA obstructed) -> unobstructed -- (free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance; "an unobstructed view")

Sense 2
barred -- (marked with stripes or bands)

INDIRECT (VIA marked) -> unmarked -- (not having an identifying mark; "unmarked cards"; "an unmarked police car")

Similarity of adj barred

2 senses of barred

Sense 1
barricaded, barred, blockaded -- (preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded harbor")
       => obstructed (vs. unobstructed) -- (shut off to passage or view or hindered from action; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice")

Sense 2
barred -- (marked with stripes or bands)
       => marked (vs. unmarked) -- (having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination; "played with marked cards"; "a scar-marked face"; "well-marked roads")