Definition for Barricade:

• -ado, n. Hastily erected rampart across street &c. of barrels, carts, stones, furniture; any barrier, lit. or fig. [ French]

Synonyms for Barricade:

• n.

  •
  • extend,
  • build,
  • erect,
  • assemble,
  • construct.
  •
  • lock out.
  •barricade (noun)
  • block off,
  • block up,
  • barricado.
  •blocking object (noun)
  • stockade,
  • bulwark.
  •bulwark (noun)
  • parapet.
  •defense (noun)
  • moat,
  • armor,
  • fortress,
  • harbor,
  • security,
  • argument,
  • rebuttal,
  • stronghold,
  • response,
  • protection,
  • aversion,
  • resistance,
  • countermeasure.
  •fortification (noun)
  • earthwork,
  • entrenchment,
  • breastwork.
  •rampart (noun)
  • Vallation.

• v.

  •block, usually to protect (verb)
  • shut in,
  • defend.
  •close (verb)
  • fasten,
  • shut,
  • join,
  • lock,
  • seal,
  • bolt,
  • close,
  • latch.
  •defend (verb)
  • safeguard,
  • retort,
  • avert,
  • resist,
  • fend,
  • reply,
  • police,
  • save,
  • backfire,
  • rebut,
  • buffer,
  • oppose,
  • answer,
  • sustain,
  • shield,
  • counterattack,
  • return,
  • guard,
  • argue,
  • counter,
  • ward,
  • secure,
  • protect,
  • support,
  • shelter,
  • cover,
  • respond,
  • uphold,
  • screen.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • terrorism,
  • militancy,
  • balustrade,
  • insurgency,
  • bioterrorism,
  • railing,
  • unrest,
  • radicalism,
  • agriterrorism,
  • rising,
  • uprising,
  • paling,
  • entrench,
  • obstructionism,
  • chain-link fence,
  • stumbling block,
  • subversion,
  • picket fence,
  • putsch,
  • windbreak,
  • counterrevolution,
  • apostasy,
  • noncooperation,
  • ouster,
  • rebellion.
  •
  • purge,
  • anarchy,
  • coup,
  • palisade,
  • spill,
  • agitation,
  • revolution,
  • terror,
  • snag,
  • revolt,
  • boycott,
  • riot,
  • clog.
  •
  • demo.
  •
  • march.
  •
  • traverse.

Paraphrases for Barricade:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    barrage, dam, fence, blockade.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    roadblock, barrier, checkpoint.
  • Verb, base form
    brace.

Antonyms for Barricade:

• n.

  • blocking object
    help, opening, aid.
  • Other antonyms:
    entrance, door, portal, entry, road, passage, entryway, way, doorway, pass, thoroughfare, gap, admittance, transit, entranceway, gate, break.

• v.

  • block, usually to protect
    open, allow.

Homophones for Barricade:

• briquet, burst out, boric acid, bracket out, barstow, bar code, bearcat, brush cut, bracteate, brigit, bracket, brecht, burst, brocket, brushwood, barricado, brocade, buffer state, bracted, barricaded, brewer's yeast, brecciate, brigade, bear cat, barracuda, brachiate, borscht, beef roast, borsht, breast, burked, bright, brocaded, bifurcated, brush aside, breakout, briquette, broached, brisket, boracic acid, bear-sized, braised, Brochette, braced, brass hat, break out, behaviourist, breeched, behaviorist, bruised, brookweed, bare-assed, brushed, bee orchid, breasted, brest, bract, bifurcate, break with, brigid, beaver state, bruchidae.

Hypernym for Barricade:

• v.

  • contact
    close off, shut off, block off, close.

Hyponym for Barricade:

• n.

  • artifact
    barrier.

• v.

  • competition
    obstruct, occlude, impede, jam, obturate, block, close up.
  • contact
    obstruct, occlude, impede, jam, obturate, block, close up.