Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "barrier" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

roadblock

Derived Terms

Coulomb barrier Einstein barrier Great Barrier Island Great Barrier Reef Jersey barrier New Jersey barrier Schottky barrier Weismann barrier acoustic barrier allobarrier automatic half-barrier level crossing barrier board barrier cream barrier island barrier lake barrier method barrier nursing barrier reef barrier ridge barrier rogue barrier to entry barrier to trade barrier troops barrierless barrierlike barristor biobarrier blood-brain barrier boom barrier color barrier crash barrier crowd control barrier crush barrier cyberbarrier death barrier diffusion-barrier half-barrier heat barrier hematoencephalic barrier ice barrier immunobarrier language barrier light barrier memory barrier metabarrier multibarrier nanobarrier noise barrier non-tariff barrier police barrier racial barrier security barrier sonic barrier sound barrier species barrier subbarrier superbarrier tariff barrier ticket barrier tilt barrier time barrier tire barrier toll barrier trade barrier traffic barrier tyre barrier underbarrier vapor barrier

Context

grammar physiology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

impediment impedimenta mechanism obstacle obstructer obstruction obstructor

Type Of (IsA)

boundary situation man made obstacle mechanism military obstacle system obstacle obstruction preventing situation involving tangible things tactical line unnatural thing

Related Terms

bar boundary c command governor impediment limit node obstacle passage structure

Synonym Network

barricade hindrance impediment obstacle obstruction

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.