Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb unarm
1 sense of unarm
Sense 1
disarm, unarm -- (take away the weapons from; render harmless)
=> deprive, strip, divest -- (take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets")
Antonyms of adj unarmed
2 senses of unarmed
Sense 1
unarmed (vs. armed) -- ((used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles")
armed (vs. unarmed) -- ((used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms; "armed robbery")
=> equipped, weaponed -- (carrying weapons)
=> light-armed -- (armed with light equipment and weapons; "a light-armed brigade")
=> militarized, militarised -- (issued military arms)
Sense 2
unarmed (vs. armed) -- ((used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns)
armed (vs. unarmed) -- ((used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns)
=> barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny -- (having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers")
=> bristlelike -- (resembling a bristle)
=> brushlike -- (resembling a brush; "brushlike blue blooms")
=> thistlelike -- (resembling a thistle)
=> clawed, taloned -- ((of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons)
Similarity of adj unarmed
2 senses of unarmed
Sense 1
unarmed (vs. armed) -- ((used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles")
=> barehanded -- (with bare hands; "fought barehanded")
=> clean -- (not carrying concealed weapons)
=> defenseless, defenceless -- (lacking weapons for self-defense)
=> weaponless -- (without a weapon)
Sense 2
unarmed (vs. armed) -- ((used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns)
=> thornless, spineless -- (lacking thorns)