Thesaurus:bare-bones

Thesaurus

bare-bones

English

Adjective

Sense: basic; lacking inessentials; without extras or fancies

Synonyms

• bare-bones
• austere
• bare
• bargain    [⇒ thesaurus]
• basic
• cheap
• default
• discreet
• economy
• elemental
• elementary
• essential
• incomplex
• light
• modest
• no-frills
• plain
• pure    [⇒ thesaurus]
• restrained
• run-of-the-mill
• simple
• slimline
• spartan
• standard
• stripped down
• stripped
• uncomplicated
• unembellished
• uninvolved
• unmodified
• unvarnished
• vanilla

Antonyms

• all singing, all dancing
• deluxe
• fully-loaded

Various

• feature creep
• kitchen-sinky
• bells and whistles
• skeleton crew

See also

• Thesaurus:common

Further reading

• “576. plainness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “739. severity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “bare-bones” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.