MINUS Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word minus. (close relations)
subtracting
Best Alternatives
| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| lacking | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • inadequate in amount or degree • nonexistent | ||||||
| negative | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective • characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features • expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial • not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition • reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive noun • a reply of denial • a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed adjective satellite • having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant • less than zero • designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions • having a negative charge • involving disadvantage or harm verb • vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | ||||||
| without | ||||||
adverb • Outside, externally. This is still used in the names of some civil parishes in England, e.g. St Cuthbert Without. • Lacking something. • In prostitution: without a condom being worn. preposition • Outside of, beyond. • Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc. • Not doing or not having done something. conjunction • Unless, except (introducing a clause). | ||||||
| below | adverbadv | |||||
adverb • in or to a place that is lower • (in writing) at a later place • on a floor below • further down | ||||||
| defect | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • an imperfection in a bodily system • a failing or deficiency • an imperfection in an object or machine • a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) verb • desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army | ||||||
| deficiency | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable • lack of an adequate quantity or number | ||||||
| drawback | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being a hindrance | ||||||
| flaw | nounn | |||||
noun • an imperfection in an object or machine • defect or weakness in a person's character • an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness verb • add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective | ||||||
| shortcoming | nounn | |||||
noun • a failing or deficiency | ||||||
| subtraction | nounn | |||||
noun • an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated • the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) | ||||||
| zero | nounn | |||||
adjective • of or relating to the null set (a set with no members) noun • a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential • a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number • the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured • the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing adjective satellite • indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration • having no measurable or otherwise determinable value • indicating an initial point or origin verb • adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value • adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun) | ||||||
