The thermometer registered minus ten last night.
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Minus
/ˈmaɪ.nəs/
Synonyms for "minus" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Noun(8 words)
deficitdisadvantagedownsidedownwardlyflawindividuals without powerlack of grammar knowledgeloss of backing
denudeddeprived ofdevoiddiscountingdivestedexceptexceptingexception taken ofexcludingexclusive ofexistlessfrominadequateinferiorinsufficientlackingleaving outless
Related words (42)
minuendmissingnegativenonexistentnot countingnulloffout ofparted frompluspositiverobbed ofsanssaveshornshorn ofshortshort ofstrippedstripped of
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Noun(10 words)
minus signminus symbolnegnegative signnegativelyrequire parental consentsubtractionsubtraction signsubtraction symbolsubtractively
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
negativenegative number
Adverb(1 words)
not based on evidence
Related word relations
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More general
7 entriesarithmetic operationarithmetic operatormathematical operationmeasurement valuenegative aspectnumeric signsymbol
More specific
11 entriesbinary subtractiondefectdeficitflawlimitationnegative numbernegative valueshortfallsubtractionsubtrahendunary minus
Collocations
13 entriesbinary minusmathematical differenceminus five degreesminus five percentminus signminus taxminus ten dollarsminus three degreesminus twonegative quantitynegative valuenumerical deficitsubtraction operation
Inflections
1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
4 entriesSample sentences
24 total sentences available.
How many is nine minus six?
Source: tatoeba (519105)
Ten minus two is eight.
Source: tatoeba (1304581)
The temperature went down to minus ten degrees centigrade last night.
Source: tatoeba (2655082)
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