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.

  •
  • put together,
  • assemble,
  • construct,
  • extend,
  • erect,
  • go up,
  • set up,
  • build,
  • put up,
  • throw up.
  •
  • jam something open/shut,
  • lock out.
  •artifact (noun)
  • barricade.
  •bar (noun)
  • blank walls.
  •barricade (noun)
  • block off,
  • block up,
  • barricado.
  •blockade (noun)
  • re-strictions,
  • re striction,
  • re-striction,
  • encirclements,
  • re strictions.
  •blocking object (noun)
  • stockade,
  • bulwark.
  •bulwark (noun)
  • parapet.
  •defense (noun)
  • moat,
  • armor,
  • fortress,
  • harbor,
  • security,
  • argument,
  • rebuttal,
  • stronghold,
  • response,
  • protection,
  • aversion,
  • resistance,
  • countermeasure.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • quandary,
  • arduousness,
  • painfulness,
  • tribulation,
  • strenuousness,
  • laboriousness.
  •fence (noun)
  • backstops.
  •fortification (noun)
  • presidios,
  • blockhouses,
  • entrenchment,
  • earthworks,
  • breastworks,
  • Embattlement,
  • entrenchments,
  • blockhouse,
  • breastwork,
  • earthwork,
  • presidio.
  •parapet (noun)
  • protective wall.
  •rampart (noun)
  • Vallation.
  •stop (noun)
  • screeching halt,
  • Desistance,
  • grinding halt,
  • cutoff,
  • brick wall.
  •stumbling block (noun)
  • fly the ointment,
  • stone in one path,
  • stone in path,
  • stumbling stones,
  • stone one path,
  • stone in ones path,
  • stone ones path,
  • fly in ointment,
  • stumbling-block,
  • fly ointment,
  • stone one's path,
  • stone path.
  •wall (noun)
  • sur faces,
  • sur-face,
  • sur face.

• v.

  •bar (verb)
  • deadbolting,
  • deadbolts,
  • deadbolted.
  •block (verb)
  • inter-cept,
  • inter cept,
  • pre vent,
  • closes off,
  • taking out of play,
  • took out of play,
  • hanged up,
  • pre-vent,
  • pre vents,
  • pre venting,
  • take out play,
  • took out play,
  • takes out play,
  • pre-vents,
  • takes out of play,
  • taking out play,
  • pre-venting,
  • stopping up,
  • hanging up,
  • pre-vented,
  • stopt up,
  • hangs up.
  •block, usually to protect (verb)
  • shut in,
  • defend.
  •close (verb)
  • fasten,
  • shut,
  • join,
  • lock,
  • seal,
  • bolt,
  • close,
  • latch.
  •dam (verb)
  • re pressing,
  • re pressed,
  • re-strain,
  • re strained,
  • re-strained,
  • re-pressing,
  • re straining,
  • re-strict,
  • re presses,
  • re-presses,
  • re-straining,
  • re strains,
  • holds in,
  • re-strains,
  • re strain,
  • re strict,
  • re press.
  •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:

  •
  • vigil,
  • entrench,
  • insurgency,
  • ecoterrorism,
  • nonpayment,
  • bioterrorism,
  • militancy,
  • terrorism,
  • stumbling block,
  • radicalism,
  • passive resistance,
  • counterinsurgency,
  • picket fence,
  • counterrevolution,
  • ouster,
  • rising,
  • teach-in,
  • balustrade,
  • noncooperation,
  • windbreak,
  • subversion,
  • unrest,
  • palace revolution,
  • perimeter,
  • agriterrorism,
  • chicken wire,
  • uprising,
  • cyberterrorism,
  • obstructionism,
  • counterterrorism,
  • chain-link fence,
  • railing,
  • stile,
  • barbed wire,
  • protest,
  • cattle guard,
  • rebellion,
  • guard rail,
  • putsch,
  • apostasy,
  • Patriot Day,
  • barricade tape,
  • Patriot Act,
  • sedition,
  • civil disobedience,
  • insurrection,
  • paling.
  •
  • coup,
  • boycott,
  • riot,
  • lobby,
  • snag,
  • revolution,
  • overthrow,
  • sit in,
  • clog,
  • revolt,
  • spill,
  • palisade,
  • agitation,
  • terror,
  • demonstration,
  • purge,
  • anarchy.
  •
  • dissent,
  • 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.

Barricade Sentence Examples:

• Here was a siege of suitors indeed; but I was resolved to make the most of my position within the barricade.

• I'm going to close up that barricade before dark.

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.