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

3 senses of barricade

Sense 1
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 2
barricade -- (prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded")
       => obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through; "obstruct the path")

Sense 3
barricade, barricado -- (block off with barricades)
       => obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through; "obstruct the path")

Antonyms of adj barricaded

1 sense of barricaded

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")

Similarity of adj barricaded

1 sense of barricaded

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")

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