Thesaurus:bare-bones

Thesaurus:bare-bones

THESAURUS

bare-bones

English

Synonyms

• bare-bones

• austere

• bare

• bargain    [WS]

• basic

• cheap

• default

• discreet

• economy

• elemental

• elementary

• essential

• incomplex

• light

• modest

• no-frills

• plain

• pure    [WS]

• 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.