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Minimum

🔄 Synonyms of "Minimum"

13 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

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negligibleAble to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.
nominalnounOf, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
marginalnoun(not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
bottomnounThe lowest part of anything.
minimalnounThe smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
borderlinenounNearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
strippedHaving undergone stripping; laid bare.
stripped-downAlternative form of stripped down. [Reduced to essentials; without enhancements.]
leastnounIn the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.
lowestat the bottom; lowest or last
smallesthaving or being distinguished by diminutive size
lower limitnoun(mathematical analysis) The lower limit of a sequence of real numbers is the real number which can be found as follows: remove the first term of the sequence in order to obtain the "first subsequence." Then remove the first term of the first subsequence in order to obtain the "second subsequence." Repeat the removal of first terms in order to obtain a "third subsequence," "fourth subsequence," etc. Find the infimum of each of these subsequences, then find the supremum of all of these infimums. This supremum is the lower limit.
tokenishResembling a token; symbolic; (by extension) insignificant; nominal.

↔️ Antonyms of "Minimum"

Words with the opposite meaning.

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maximumnounThe highest limit.
maximalnounLargest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
upper limitnoun(mathematical analysis) The upper limit of a sequence of real numbers is the real number which can be found as follows: remove the first term of the sequence in order to obtain the "first subsequence." Then remove the first term of the first subsequence in order to obtain the "second subsequence." Repeat the removal of first terms in order to obtain a "third subsequence," "fourth subsequence," etc. Find the supremum of each of these subsequences, then find the infimum of all of these supremums. This infimum is the upper limit.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Minimum"

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WordDefinition
minimalnounThe smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
negligibleAble to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.
stripped-downAlternative form of stripped down. [Reduced to essentials; without enhancements.]
borderlinenounNearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous.
tokenishResembling a token; symbolic; (by extension) insignificant; nominal.
tokennounSomething serving as an expression of something else.
leastnounIn the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.
nominalnounOf, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
strippedHaving undergone stripping; laid bare.
marginalnoun(not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
bottomnounThe lowest part of anything.
lower limitnoun(mathematical analysis) The lower limit of a sequence of real numbers is the real number which can be found as follows: remove the first term of the sequence in order to obtain the "first subsequence." Then remove the first term of the first subsequence in order to obtain the "second subsequence." Repeat the removal of first terms in order to obtain a "third subsequence," "fourth subsequence," etc. Find the infimum of each of these subsequences, then find the supremum of all of these infimums. This supremum is the lower limit.
lowestat the bottom; lowest or last
smallesthaving or being distinguished by diminutive size
minimallyIn a minimal way; to the least extent.
smallnounNot large or big; insignificant; few in number.
minimalistnounOne who believes in or seeks a minimal state; one who seeks to minimize or reduce to a minimum.
lessernounOf two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.
modicumnounA modest, small, or trifling amount.
infinitesimalnounIncalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.

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