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spartan

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of spartan

providing only the essentials and nothing fancy or luxurious

  • accommodations on the windjammer are spartan but clean and comfortable nevertheless
Synonyms of spartan

austere, no-frills, stark
Words Related to spartan

plain, simple, unadorned, undecorated, unelaborate, unfancy
Near Antonyms of spartan

adorned, decorated, elaborate, fancy
Antonyms of spartan

deluxe, Lucullan (also Lucullian), luxe, luxurious, plush

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