Synonyms of minuses

minuses

noun

plural of minus

as in disadvantages

a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success

a plan with lots of pluses and only a few minuses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disadvantages
• drawbacks
• liabilities
• negatives
• shortcomings
• handicaps
• downsides
• debits
• disbenefits
• obstacles
• incommodities
• strikes
• disabilities
• failings
• albatrosses
• hurdles
• albatross
• impairments
• millstones
• obstructions
• impediments
• embarrassments
• lets
• hindrances
• hitches
• interferences
• rubs
• strangleholds
• shackles
• trammels
• clogs
• manacles
• catches
• stops
• checks
• bars
• crimps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• advantages
• pluses
• assets
• edges
• plusses
• margins
• vantages
• starts
• controls
• jumps
• leads
• privileges
• opportunities
• drops
• superiorities
• commands
• prerogatives
• betters
• help
• head starts
• aids
• transcendences
• breaks
• supremacies
• upper hands
• predominances
• ascendencies
• ascendancies
• masteries
• assistances

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of minuses

Of course, such high-tech innovations, providing the illusion of a social environment, have both pluses and minuses. —Alan Lightman september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025

There are always pluses and minuses to anything. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025

Passengers can use websites such as SeatGuru to find pluses and minuses of specific seats, including those lacking windows. —Reuters, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025

Passengers can use websites such as SeatGuru to find pluses and minuses of specific seats, including those lacking windows. —Jonathan Stempel, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025

There are just too many pluses that far outweigh the minuses. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025