Minimal

/ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl/

Synonyms for "minimal" (183 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Adjective(12 words)

minimum austereaustere appearancebare groundbare modifierbarer barest basicblank fileclear designdim décordoric ornament

adequate ample baby baby-sized bantam banty barebarely sufficientbasal basic commensurate compact competent corresponding decent diminutive due duodecimo enoughequal to

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essential

Noun(4 words)

bare phrasebasic cognitive skillclear design systemdegree of cultural loss

Strong matches (55)

Adjective(21 words)

extreme valuefeatureless slideshowfewestgerman kleininsignificant conceptinsignificant lawklein leastleast amountleast animalleast marineleast numberleast physical taskleast valuelimited participationlittle lowestmarginal performancemeasliestminimal legislation

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minimalist explanations

few fit fundamental goodgood enoughhandy least limited littlest lowest marginal miniature miniaturized minikin minim minimum

Noun(15 words)

insignificant motion-changeleast civicleast communal environmentleast communal patternleast complex life formleast degreeleast distinctive exampleleast eligibleleast labeledleast organism-levelleast outcomelow concentrationminimalist formminimum amountminimum count

Determiner(3 words)

least irrigated arealeast publicleast written language

Related words (91)

Adjective(45 words)

minimum elementminimum reading abilityminimum standardminor aspectnatural looknegligible impactnegligible itemplain clothesplain factplain front decorationplain layoutplain proseplainerplainest layoutsimplesimple activitysimple cakesimple calculationssimple livingsimple modifier

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simple sentencessimple vocabularysimplerskeletal remainsskimpiest slimmest smallsmall favorsoberspartan decorspartan designspartanlike tinytiny organismultrasmall unadorneduncovered skin areaunembellishedunembellished accountunembellished descriptionunornamented simplicityunornate motifunpatterned designsunsculpted formunsophisticated

Noun(15 words)

minimum nationalmost insignificantmost unadornedmost unembellishednudeone page testplain designssans serif typefacesimple explanationsmall changethe fewer the betterthe less the bettertiny parttracetrace level

minuscule nominal plentyplenty good enoughpocket pocket-sized pony proportionate satisfactory scanty shortest slightest small-scale smallest subminiature substantial sufficientsufficient forsufficing suitable

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tiniest token toy twelvemoup tovest pocketvest-pocket

Verb(4 words)

pared piffling spartanized stripped

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

8 entries

appearance design extent measurement quantity size structure value

More specific

6 entries

bare minimumlean versionleast valuelowest valueminimum valuescant amount

Collocations

6 entries

minimal amountminimal effortminimal featuresminimal instructionsminimal riskminimal time

Inflections

2 entries

more minimalmost minimal

Derivations

5 entries

minimalism minimalist minimalistic minimally minimize

Antonyms

1 entries

maximal

similar

13 entries

borderline marginal meager meagerly meagre negligible nominal scrimpy stingy stripped stripped-down token tokenish

Translations

45 translations across 31 languages.

Armenian

2 entries

մինիմալ adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
նվազագույն adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Asturian

1 entries

mínimu adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Belarusian

1 entries

мініма́льны adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Bulgarian

2 entries

минимален adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
най-малък adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Catalan

1 entries

mínim adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Czech

1 entries

minimální adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Danish

1 entries

minimal adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Dutch

1 entries

minimaal adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Esperanto

1 entries

minimuma adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Finnish

2 entries

mahdollisimman pieni adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
minimaalinen adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

French

1 entries

minimum adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Galician

1 entries

mínimo adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

German

1 entries

minimal adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Hindi

1 entries

न्यूनतम adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Hungarian

1 entries

minimális adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Irish

1 entries

íosta adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Italian

2 entries

minimale adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
minimo adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Japanese

2 entries

最低 adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
最小 adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Kazakh

3 entries

ең аз adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
ең төменгі adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
минималды adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

قورو adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Polish

1 entries

minimalny adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Portuguese

4 entries

mínima adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
mínimas adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
mínimo adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
mínimos adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Romanian

1 entries

minimal adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Russian

1 entries

минима́льный adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Slovak

3 entries

minimálna adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
minimálne adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
minimálny adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Spanish

1 entries

mínimo adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Swedish

1 entries

minimal adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Turkish

3 entries

asgari adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
en az adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
en düşük adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Ukrainian

1 entries

мініма́льний adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Volapük

1 entries

minumik adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Welsh

1 entries

minimol adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Just as water, gas, and electricity are brought into our houses from far off to satisfy our needs in response to a minimal effort, so we shall be supplied with visual or auditory images, which will appear and disappear at a simple movement of the hand, hardly more than a sign.

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The chances that that happens are minimal.

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Her education was so minimal that she could not even name the eight planets of our Solar System.

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The notion of "minimal pair" in linguistics has the lovely power of immediately convincing.

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