bare- root words — words with the bare- root

The root bare- comes from Old English baer, meaning naked, uncovered. 5 words in Dendril are built from it, including barefaced, barefooted, barehanded, bareheaded, bareness. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the bare- root

Explore words with bare- — words containing the bare- root and sharing its sense of "naked, uncovered". Examples include barefaced, barefooted, barehanded, bareheaded, bareness. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does bare- mean?

The bare- root means naked, uncovered, from Old English baer. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.