Synonyms of bare-bones

bare-bones

adjective

as in sparse

including only what is most basic or needed

a bare-bones website

a bare-bones wedding ceremony

The hotel rooms are bare-bones.

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bare-bones

Legislators and state officials referred to maintenance budgets as bare-bones budgets that are solely intended to keep the lights on for state agencies. — Clark Corbin, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2026

Agyepong shares the stage with costar Daniel Ezra for the majority of that time, a bare-bones set contained within a clear box. — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 16 July 2026

At Dadeland North, an existing trail connection behind the station garage that was part of the old M-Path, the bare-bones track that the Underline replaced, is blocked off during construction. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

After devastating fire seasons in 2017 and 2018, private insurers began rapidly dropping customers, pushing more than 500,000 homeowners onto the state’s costly, bare-bones insurer of last resort. — Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 16 July 2026