bare-bones

The word “bare-bones” has 2 syllables: bare-bones

It's pronounced as /ˈbɛr boʊnz/


What is synonym and antonym for bare-bones?

In the thesaurus, “bare-bones” has 54 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for bare-bones along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for bare-bones

  • ascetic
  • austere
  • bare
  • barren
  • basic
  • basic facts
  • basics
  • core
  • deficient
  • economical
  • essential elements
  • exiguous
  • frame
  • hand-to-mouth
  • inadequate
  • infertile
  • insufficient
  • lacking
  • least
  • light
  • littlest
  • lowest
  • meager
  • mere
  • minimal
  • niggardly
  • no-frills
  • plain
  • poor
  • scant
  • scanty
  • scarce
  • short
  • skeleton
  • skimp
  • skimpy
  • slender
  • slight
  • slightest
  • slim
  • small
  • spare
  • sparing
  • sparse
  • spartan
  • sterile
  • stingy
  • thin
  • unadorned
  • undercarriage
  • unembellished
  • unfruitful
  • unproductive
  • wanting

Antonyms for bare-bones

  • abundant
  • adequate
  • ample
  • blooming
  • bountiful
  • bursting
  • copious
  • enough
  • excess
  • extra
  • fat
  • fecund
  • fertile
  • flourishing
  • fruitful
  • generous
  • lavish
  • liberal
  • luxuriant
  • plenteous
  • plentiful
  • proliferative
  • prolific
  • rich
  • satisfactory
  • sufficient
  • surplus
  • swarming
  • teeming
  • thriving
  • tolerable

Example Sentences

  • The bare-bones version of the software was functional but lacked advanced features.
  • We decided to travel with a bare-bones budget, cutting down on unnecessary expenses.
  • The architect presented the bare-bones structure of the building before adding the design elements.
  • After the budget cuts, the company was left with a bare-bones staff to manage operations.
  • The report provided only bare-bones information, with no detailed analysis or explanations.

On this page you'll find 85 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bare-bones, such as: abundant, adequate, ample, ascetic, austere, bare, barren.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

economical

  • avaricious
  • bare-bones
  • bought for a song
  • canny
  • chary
  • cheap
  • circumspect
  • close
  • closefisted
  • conserving
  • cost next to nothing
  • cost nothing
  • cost-effective
  • curmudgeonly
  • cut-rate
  • dime a dozen
  • dirt-cheap
  • dog cheap
  • economizing
  • efficient
  • fair
  • forehanded
  • foresighted
  • foresightful
  • frugal
  • low
  • low tariff
  • low-priced
  • marked down
  • meager
  • mean
  • methodical
  • miserly
  • moderate
  • modest
  • money-saving
  • niggard
  • niggardly
  • on sale
  • on the rims
  • parsimonious
  • penny-pinching
  • penny-wise
  • penurious
  • pinching
  • practical
  • preserving
  • provident
  • prudent
  • prudential
  • quite a buy
  • reasonable
  • reduced
  • saving
  • scrimping
  • skimping
  • sound
  • spare
  • sparing
  • steal
  • stingy
  • stinting
  • thrifty
  • tight
  • tightfisted
  • time-saving
  • unwasteful
  • watchful
  • work-saving

economy

  • affordable
  • austerity
  • bare-bones
  • bargain
  • basic
  • belt-tightening
  • budget-conscious
  • budget-friendly
  • carefulness
  • cheap
  • coach
  • conservation
  • curtailment
  • cutback
  • discount
  • discretion
  • downscale
  • economical
  • efficiency
  • forehandedness
  • frugality
  • husbandry
  • in bulk
  • inexpensive
  • low-priced
  • meanness
  • measuredness
  • miserliness
  • moderation
  • niggardliness
  • no-frills
  • parcity
  • parsimony
  • penny-pinching
  • providence
  • prudence
  • restraint
  • retrenchment
  • saving
  • scrimping
  • self-control
  • skimping
  • sparingness
  • stinginess
  • sustainability
  • temperance
  • thrift
  • thriftiness

unadorned

  • antiseptic
  • au naturel
  • austere
  • bald
  • bare
  • bare-bones
  • basic
  • bleak
  • clean
  • conservative
  • denuded
  • divested
  • earthy
  • elemental
  • forthright
  • homely
  • honest
  • inconspicuous
  • minimalist
  • modest
  • muted
  • naked
  • natural
  • plain
  • plain-vanilla
  • quiet
  • restrained
  • severe
  • simple
  • sober
  • spartan
  • stark
  • stripped
  • stripped-down
  • subdued
  • undecorated
  • understated
  • unembellished
  • unobtrusive
  • unornamented
  • unpretentious
  • unsophisticated
  • unvarnished

hand-to-mouth

  • bare
  • bare-bones
  • barren
  • deficient
  • exiguous
  • inadequate
  • infertile
  • insufficient
  • lacking
  • least
  • light
  • littlest
  • lowest
  • meager
  • meagre
  • mere
  • minimal
  • niggardly
  • poor
  • scant
  • scanty
  • scarce
  • short
  • skimp
  • skimpy
  • slender
  • slight
  • slightest
  • slim
  • small
  • spare
  • sparing
  • sparse
  • sterile
  • stingy
  • thin
  • thin on the ground
  • unfruitful
  • unproductive
  • wanting

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