Synonyms for minus
ˈmaɪ nəsmi·nus

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1. minuspreposition

   Synonyms:
   zero, negative, below, lacking, without, deficiency, flaw, defect, drawback, shortcoming

   Antonyms:
   bonus, boon, advantage, plus, positive, gain

2. minusadjective

   without.

   a minus number

   Synonyms:
   without, negative, below, zero, lacking, flaw, deficiency, drawback, shortcoming, defect

   Antonyms:
   gain, advantage, bonus, positive, boon, plus

3. minusnoun

   A negative quantity.

   minus seven degrees

   Synonyms:
   below, deficiency, drawback, flaw, shortcoming, defect, zero, negative

   Antonyms:
   boon, gain, positive, plus, bonus, advantage

4. minusnoun

   Ranking just below a designated rating.

   He got a grade of B minus for his essay.

   Synonyms:
   flaw, deficiency, zero, below, negative, drawback, shortcoming, defect

   Antonyms:
   boon, positive, bonus, gain, plus, advantage

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. subtraction, minusadjective

   an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

   "the subtraction of three from four leaves one"; "four minus three equals one"

   Synonyms:
   subtraction, deduction

   Antonyms:
   nonnegative, advantageous, positive, plus

2. minusadjective

   on the negative side or lower end of a scale

   "minus 5 degrees"; "a grade of B minus"

   Synonyms:
   negative

   Antonyms:
   positive, advantageous, nonnegative, plus

3. minus, negativeadjective

   involving disadvantage or harm

   "minus (or negative) factors"

   Synonyms:
   electronegative, disconfirming, negative, negatively charged, damaging

   Antonyms:
   plus, positive, nonnegative, advantageous

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1. List of paraphrases for "minus":

   least, less, unmis, fewer

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How to use minus in a sentence?

1. John Stewart Mill:

   If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

2. Rune Rafaelsen:

   What I saw along the road was very worrying. Soon it can be minus 20-30 degrees. I don't want to see people out walking or on bikes, with children, at these temperatures.

3. Simon Hanks:

   Essentially, it is an extremely efficient heat exchanging system, which will effectively mount on the front of our new engine design and very efficiently cool incoming air of a very high temperature of about a thousand degrees C [Centigrade], to minus 150 degrees C in a fraction of a second; approximately one-hundredth of a second.

4. John Stuart Mill:

   If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind.

5. Berat Albayrak:

   Currently we don't see any recession, there is no minus growth.