Minimal

//ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl//

Synonyms for "minimal" (71 found)

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Closest matches (15)

minimum adequate ample baby baby-sized bantam banty bare barely sufficient basal basic borderline commensurate compact

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (21)

competent corresponding decent diminutive due duodecimo enough equal to essential few fit fundamental good good enough handy least limited littlest lowest marginal

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miniature

Related words (35)

miniaturized minikin minim minuscule negligible nominal plenty plenty good enough pocket pocket-sized pony proportionate satisfactory scanty shortest slightest small-scale smallest stripped down subminiature

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substantial sufficient sufficient for sufficing suitable tiniest token tokenish toy twelvemo up to vest pocket vest-pocket

Adjective(1 words)

minimum

Adjective(1 words)

minimum

Related word relations

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Antonyms

2 entries

maximal

Synonyms

1 entries

minimum

derived

27 entries

minimal brain dysfunction minimal change disease minimal ideal minimal medium minimal pair minimal polynomial minimal prime minimal recursion semantics minimal state minimal surface minimal viable product minimal wave minimalisation minimalism minimalist minimality

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derived from

1 entries

minimum

has context

2 entries

arts music

similar

17 entries

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

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Translations

61 translations across 31 languages.

Armenian

4 entries

մինիմալ adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
մինիմալիստ adj (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures)
նվազագույն adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
նվազապաշտ adj (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures)

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

2 entries

minimalista adj (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures)
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

3 entries

minimaal adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
minimalistisch adj (music: characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases)
minimalistische adj (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures)

Esperanto

1 entries

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

Finnish

4 entries

mahdollisimman pieni adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
minimaalinen adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
minimaalinen adj (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures)
minimaalinen adj (music: characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases)

French

3 entries

minimaliste adj (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures)
minimaliste adj (music: characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases)
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

minimal adj (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures)
minimalista adj (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures)
mínima adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
mínimas adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Romanian

1 entries

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

Russian

2 entries

минима́льный adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
минималистичный adj (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures)

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

3 entries

minimalista adj (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures)
minimalista adj (music: characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases)
mínimo adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)

Swedish

2 entries

minimal adj (the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree)
minimalistisk adj (art: characterised by the use of simple form or structures)

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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