Need another word that means the same as “bark”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “bark” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Bark” are: barque, woof, yap, yelp, bay, skin, say brusquely, speak brusquely, say abruptly, speak abruptly, say angrily, speak angrily, snap, snarl, growl
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bark” as a noun can have the following definitions:
barque | A boat. |
bay | A compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose. They put him in the sick bay. |
woof | The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving. The distant woof of a dog. |
yap | Informal terms for the mouth. Frenzied yaps of delight. |
yelp | A short, sharp cry, especially of pain or alarm. She uttered a yelp as she bumped into a table. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bark” as a verb can have the following definitions:
bay | Utter in deep prolonged tones. |
growl | To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds. Keep out of this he growled. |
say abruptly | Indicate. |
say angrily | Have or contain a certain wording or form. |
say brusquely | Have or contain a certain wording or form. |
skin | Cover with skin. Kanchelskis would have skinned him. |
snap | Close with a snapping motion. Photographers were snapping away at her. |
snarl | Make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise. Bullets snarled past us. |
speak abruptly | Make a characteristic or natural sound. |
speak angrily | Exchange thoughts; talk with. |
speak brusquely | Express in speech. |
woof | (of a dog) bark. Mike was woofing down fried eggs and hash browns. |
yap | Talk at length in an irritating manner. The dachshunds yapped at his heels. |
yelp | Utter a yelp. My dog was yelping as if hurt. |
alder | Wood of any of various alder trees resistant to underwater rot used for bridges etc. |
aspen | Any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind. |
balsam | Any seed plant yielding balsam. A mixture of olive oil and balsam. |
birch | Hard close grained wood of any of various birch trees used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood. There were calls to bring back the birch. |
bole | The main stem of a tree usually covered with bark the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber. |
bush | Dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes. The lowland country was covered in thick bush. |
cottonwood | A North American poplar with seeds covered in white cottony hairs. |
debark | Leave a ship or aircraft. We debarked from our cruise ship for a day of fun. |
dermis | The thick layer of living tissue below the epidermis which forms the true skin containing blood capillaries nerve endings sweat glands hair follicles and other structures. |
elm | Hard tough wood of an elm tree used for e g implements and furniture. |
epidermis | The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates. |
exposed | Not sheltered or protected from the weather. The exposed northeast frontier. |
fir | Nonresinous wood of a fir tree. |
hawthorn | A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus. |
integument | An outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell. This chemical compound is found in the integument of the seed. |
juniper | Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament sometimes placed in genus Genista. |
maple | Wood of any of various maple trees especially the hard close grained wood of the sugar maple used especially for furniture and flooring. |
peel | (of a surface or object) lose parts of its outer layer or covering in small strips or pieces. The paint in my house is peeling off. |
pine | Used in names of unrelated plants that resemble the pines in some way e g ground pine screw pine. Pine potpourri. |
poplar | Soft light colored non durable wood of the poplar. |
redwood | Used in names of a number of chiefly tropical trees with reddish timber e g Andaman redwood. |
sapling | Young tree. What god or mortal reared up so fair a sapling. |
sapwood | The soft outer layers of recently formed wood between the heartwood and the bark, containing the functioning vascular tissue. |
sawdust | Powdery particles of wood produced by sawing. |
spruce | Light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees used especially for timbers and millwork. He spruced up for the party. |
tree | Plant with trees. This lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer. |
trunk | The main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber. He put his golf bag in the trunk. |
willow | Any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix. |
woodland | Land covered with trees. Large areas of ancient woodland. |
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