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

This bare-bones edition is certainly fine and will get you through many a meal. — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026

The council then took up the bare-bones $283,193 option for Route 42 only. — Noah Daly august 20, Idaho Statesman, 20 Aug. 2026

Sure, there are way too many people asking for drawings of obscure anime characters that are nearly impossible to pull off with the bare-bones MS-Paint-like tool in two-and-a-half minutes. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 15 Aug. 2026

Modern merchant ships, often bare-bones behemoths designed to offer owners the highest possible rate of return, are proving to be surprisingly vulnerable. — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026