The thermometer registered minus ten last night.
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Minus
//ˈmaɪ.nəs//
Synonyms for "minus" (68 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (14)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (34)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
Preposition(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
1 entriesAntonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
has context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
124 translations across 47 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- سَالِب adj (negative)
- ناقص prep (mathematics: less)
- نَاقَص prep (mathematics: less)
Armenian
3 entries- բացասական adj (negative)
- մինուս adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- հանած prep (mathematics: less)
Asturian
1 entries- menos prep (mathematics: less)
Basque
2 entries- minus adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- ken prep (mathematics: less)
Bengali
1 entries- বিয়োগ prep (mathematics: less)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отрицателен adj (negative)
- минус prep (mathematics: less)
Catalan
1 entries- menys prep (mathematics: less)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 減 /减 prep (mathematics: less)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 负 adj (negative)
- 減 /减 prep (mathematics: less)
Czech
3 entries- mínus noun (downside or disadvantage)
- minus prep (mathematics: less)
- mínus prep (mathematics: less)
Danish
1 entries- minus prep (mathematics: less)
Dutch
4 entries- min adj (negative)
- min adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- negatief adj (negative)
- negatieve adj (negative)
Esperanto
2 entries- minus adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- minus prep (mathematics: less)
Estonian
1 entries- miinus prep (mathematics: less)
Finnish
4 entries- miikka adj (ranking just below a designated rating)
- miinus adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- miinus adj (ranking just below a designated rating)
- negatiivinen adj (negative)
French
4 entries- moins adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- moins adj (ranking just below a designated rating)
- strictement négatif adj (negative)
- strictement négative adj (negative)
Galician
1 entries- menos prep (mathematics: less)
German
4 entries- Minus noun (mathematics: negative quantity)
- Minus noun (downside or disadvantage)
- minus prep (mathematics: less)
- weniger prep (mathematics: less)
Greek
4 entries- αρνητικός adj (negative)
- μείον adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- πλην adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- μείον prep (mathematics: less)
Hebrew
2 entries- מינוס prep (mathematics: less)
- פחות prep (mathematics: less)
Hindi
2 entries- कम prep (mathematics: less)
- घटाकर prep (mathematics: less)
Hungarian
4 entries- alá adj (ranking just below a designated rating)
- mínusz adj (negative)
- mínusz adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- negatív adj (negative)
Icelandic
4 entries- frádráttar adj (negative)
- minni en núll adj (negative)
- minni en núll adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- mínus adj (negative)
Indonesian
1 entries- dikurangi prep (mathematics: less)
Irish
1 entries- lúide prep (mathematics: less)
Italian
3 entries- negativa adj (negative)
- negativo adj (negative)
- meno prep (mathematics: less)
Japanese
4 entries- マイナス adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- 負 adj (negative)
- マイナス noun (mathematics: negative quantity)
- 負 noun (mathematics: negative quantity)
Korean
1 entries- 빼기 prep (mathematics: less)
Macedonian
1 entries- минус prep (mathematics: less)
Malay
1 entries- tolak prep (mathematics: less)
Marathi
1 entries- कमी prep (mathematics: less)
Norwegian
2 entries- negativ adj (negative)
- minus prep (mathematics: less)
Persian
1 entries- منها prep (mathematics: less)
Polish
2 entries- ujemny adj (negative)
- minus prep (mathematics: less)
Portuguese
3 entries- negativo adj (negative)
- negativo noun (mathematics: negative quantity)
- menos prep (mathematics: less)
Russian
4 entries- ми́нус adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- отрица́тельный adj (negative)
- с ми́нусом adj (ranking just below a designated rating)
- ми́нус noun (downside or disadvantage)
Southern Altai
1 entries- минус prep (mathematics: less)
Spanish
3 entries- menos adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- negativo noun (mathematics: negative quantity)
- menos prep (mathematics: less)
Swedish
4 entries- minus adj (on the negative part of a scale)
- minus adj (ranking just below a designated rating)
- negativ adj (negative)
- brist noun (downside or disadvantage)
Tagalog
1 entries- bawas prep (mathematics: less)
Tamil
1 entries- கழித்தல் prep (mathematics: less)
Thai
2 entries- ลบ noun (mathematics: negative quantity)
- ลบ prep (mathematics: less)
Turkish
1 entries- eksi prep (mathematics: less)
Urdu
1 entries- منفی prep (mathematics: less)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trừ prep (mathematics: less)
Welsh
1 entries- namyn prep (mathematics: less)
Yiddish
1 entries- מינוס prep (mathematics: less)
Sample 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)
Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.
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