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bare-bones

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Synonyms and Antonyms of bare-bones

including only what is most basic or needed

a bare-bones website

a bare-bones wedding ceremony

The hotel rooms are bare-bones.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of bare-bones

exiguous, hand-to-mouth, light, meager, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy

deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, short, wanting

least, littlest, lowest, mere, minimal, slightest

slight, small, thin

barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of bare-bones

adequate, enough, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable

fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, prolific, rich

lavish, luxuriant

blooming, bursting, flourishing, proliferative, swarming, teeming, thriving

excess, extra, surplus

abundant, ample, bountiful, copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful

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