Show your ticket at the barrier.
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Barrier
//ˈbæɹi.ɚ//
Synonyms for "barrier" (175 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (53)
Related words (87)
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Noun(3 words)
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7 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
68 entriesShowing 16 of 68 words.
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2 entriesis a
10 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
171 translations across 53 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- hindernis noun (obstacle or impediment)
- versperring noun (structure that bars passage)
Arabic
3 entries- حَاجِز noun (structure that bars passage)
- حَاجِز noun (obstacle or impediment)
- عَقَبَة noun (obstacle or impediment)
Armenian
2 entries- արգելք noun (obstacle or impediment)
- պատնեշ noun (structure that bars passage)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sədd noun (obstacle or impediment)
Belarusian
4 entries- бар'е́р noun (obstacle or impediment)
- бар'ер noun (structure that bars passage)
- лімі́т noun (boundary or limit)
- мяжа́ noun (boundary or limit)
Bulgarian
4 entries- барие́ра noun (structure that bars passage)
- барие́ра noun (obstacle or impediment)
- гра́ница noun (boundary or limit)
- прегра́да noun (obstacle or impediment)
Catalan
1 entries- barrera noun (structure that bars passage)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 柵欄 /栅栏 noun (structure that bars passage)
- 邊界 /边界 noun (boundary or limit)
- 障 noun (structure that bars passage)
- 障 noun (obstacle or impediment)
Czech
4 entries- bariéra noun (structure that bars passage)
- bariéra noun (obstacle or impediment)
- bariéra noun (boundary or limit)
- překážka noun (obstacle or impediment)
Danish
4 entries- afspærring noun (structure that bars passage)
- barriere noun (structure that bars passage)
- barriere noun (obstacle or impediment)
- forhindring noun (obstacle or impediment)
Dutch
4 entries- barrière noun (structure that bars passage)
- barrière noun (obstacle or impediment)
- slagboom noun (structure that bars passage)
- versperring noun (structure that bars passage)
Egyptian
1 entries- s-b-x:t-O14 noun (structure that bars passage)
Esperanto
3 entries- barilo noun (structure that bars passage)
- barilo noun (obstacle or impediment)
- baro noun (obstacle or impediment)
Estonian
4 entries- barjäär noun (structure that bars passage)
- barjäär noun (obstacle or impediment)
- piir noun (boundary or limit)
- tõke noun (obstacle or impediment)
Finnish
4 entries- aita noun (structure that bars passage)
- este noun (structure that bars passage)
- este noun (obstacle or impediment)
- raja noun (boundary or limit)
French
4 entries- barrière noun (structure that bars passage)
- barrière noun (obstacle or impediment)
- frontière noun (boundary or limit)
- limite noun (boundary or limit)
Galician
2 entries- barreira noun (structure that bars passage)
- barreira noun (obstacle or impediment)
Georgian
1 entries- ბარიერი noun (structure that bars passage)
German
4 entries- Absperrung noun (structure that bars passage)
- Barriere noun (structure that bars passage)
- Barriere noun (obstacle or impediment)
- Grenze noun (boundary or limit)
Greek
2 entries- φράγμα noun (structure that bars passage)
- φράγμα noun (obstacle or impediment)
Hebrew
2 entries- מַחְסוֹם noun (structure that bars passage)
- מַחְסוֹם noun (boundary or limit)
Hindi
2 entries- बाधा noun (obstacle or impediment)
- रुकावट noun (obstacle or impediment)
Hungarian
3 entries- akadály noun (obstacle or impediment)
- csapórúd noun (structure that bars passage)
- sorompó noun (structure that bars passage)
Ido
2 entries- barilo noun (structure that bars passage)
- barilo noun (obstacle or impediment)
Indonesian
4 entries- batas noun (boundary or limit)
- palang noun (structure that bars passage)
- pembatas noun (structure that bars passage)
- rintangan noun (obstacle or impediment)
Irish
1 entries- fál noun (structure that bars passage)
Italian
3 entries- barriera noun (structure that bars passage)
- barriera noun (obstacle or impediment)
- limite noun (boundary or limit)
Japanese
2 entries- 障壁 noun (structure that bars passage)
- 障害 noun (obstacle or impediment)
Kazakh
3 entries- бөгет noun (obstacle or impediment)
- кедергі noun (obstacle or impediment)
- тосқауыл noun (obstacle or impediment)
Korean
2 entries- 장벽 noun (structure that bars passage)
- 장애 noun (obstacle or impediment)
Macedonian
4 entries- барие́ра noun (structure that bars passage)
- барие́ра noun (obstacle or impediment)
- препрека noun (obstacle or impediment)
- пречка noun (obstacle or impediment)
Mongolian
1 entries- саад noun (obstacle or impediment)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- berbest noun (structure that bars passage)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bom noun (structure that bars passage)
- sperring noun (structure that bars passage)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- bom noun (structure that bars passage)
- sperring noun (structure that bars passage)
Persian
2 entries- سد noun (obstacle or impediment)
- مانع noun (obstacle or impediment)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hindaniss noun (obstacle or impediment)
Polish
4 entries- bariera noun (structure that bars passage)
- bariera noun (obstacle or impediment)
- bariera noun (boundary or limit)
- barierka noun (structure that bars passage)
Portuguese
3 entries- barreira noun (structure that bars passage)
- limite noun (boundary or limit)
- obstáculo noun (obstacle or impediment)
Romanian
2 entries- barieră noun (structure that bars passage)
- barieră noun (obstacle or impediment)
Russian
4 entries- барье́р noun (structure that bars passage)
- барье́р noun (obstacle or impediment)
- грани́ца noun (boundary or limit)
- лими́т noun (boundary or limit)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- bacadh noun (structure that bars passage)
- bacadh noun (obstacle or impediment)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- barijéra noun (structure that bars passage)
- prȅgrada noun (obstacle or impediment)
- prȅpona noun (obstacle or impediment)
- prȅpreka noun (obstacle or impediment)
Slovak
2 entries- bariéra noun (obstacle or impediment)
- prekážka noun (obstacle or impediment)
Slovene
2 entries- ovira noun (obstacle or impediment)
- pregrada noun (obstacle or impediment)
Spanish
3 entries- barrera noun (structure that bars passage)
- barrera noun (obstacle or impediment)
- límite noun (boundary or limit)
Swahili
3 entries- kizuizi noun (structure that bars passage)
- kizuizi noun (obstacle or impediment)
- kizuizi noun (boundary or limit)
Swedish
4 entries- barriär noun (structure that bars passage)
- bom noun (structure that bars passage)
- gräns noun (boundary or limit)
- spärr noun (structure that bars passage)
Tajik
2 entries- монеа noun (obstacle or impediment)
- садд noun (obstacle or impediment)
Tarifit
1 entries- afray noun (structure that bars passage)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бар'є́р noun (structure that bars passage)
- бар'є́р noun (obstacle or impediment)
- лімі́т noun (boundary or limit)
- межа́ noun (boundary or limit)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chướng ngại noun (obstacle or impediment)
Walloon
4 entries- aroke noun (obstacle or impediment)
- bårire noun (structure that bars passage)
- frontire noun (boundary or limit)
- håjhe noun (structure that bars passage)
Sample sentences
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Do you think they'll break the 10-second barrier in the 100-meter dash?
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High tariffs have become a barrier to international trade.
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The first question we must raise is whether a cultural barrier existed between those groups.
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