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Noun
▲
Stripped down to essential elements
basic
core
essential
frame
fundamental
skeleton
basic facts
essential elements
no-frills
“The letter of engagement set out only the bare bones of her contract of employment.”
Noun
▲
A structure of bones typical in an animate being
skeleton
bones
osteology
carcass
endoskeleton
bone structure
bony structure
vertebrate skeleton
Noun
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A basic structure underlying a system, concept, or text
framework
structure
frame
scheme
system
configuration
fabric
arrangement
order
basis
composition
construction
outline
plan
schema
shape
cadre
charter
constitution
context
groundwork
organisationUK
organizationUS
agenda
anatomy
background
framing
make-up
set-up
frame of reference
more ❯
Noun
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A preliminary outline for a plan
draughtUK
draftUS
outline
plan
abstract
blueprint
delineation
rough
skeleton
specification
summary
bones
ébauche
version
preliminary version
main points
rough copy
preliminary form
rough draft
first attempt
synopsis
rundown
summarization
recap
precis
recapitulation
sketch
wrap-up
run-through
gist
more ❯
Noun
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Fundamental or basic truths, concepts or ideas
rudiments
fundamentals
essentials
basics
foundation
principles
heart
elements
grammar
alphabet
ABCs
ABC
guts
beginnings
nitty-gritty
nuts and bolts
first principles
basic principles
foundations
groundwork
core
bedrock
essence
bases
basis
cornerstones
ground
meat
crux
brass tacks
more ❯
Adjective
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Not decorated or elaborate
plain
unadorned
bare
modest
unembellished
basic
undecorated
unornamented
austere
spartan
stark
unostentatious
muted
restrained
unfussy
unsophisticated
unvarnished
homespun
severe
unpatterned
unpretentious
chaste
discreet
everyday
homely
naked
simple
uncluttered
workaday
bald
frugal
patternless
clean
dry
raw
stripped down
bare-bones
without frills
penny plain
plain vanilla
more ❯
Adjective
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Severe and difficult to cope with
harsh
severe
tortuous
austere
grim
hard
harrowing
stark
bad
burdensome
comfortless
grievous
inhospitable
onerous
oppressive
wretched
bleak
disagreeable
inhuman
intolerable
rough
rugged
spartan
stringent
tough
trying
bare-bones
barren
bitter
crushing
desolate
excruciating
grinding
hostile
insufferable
overwhelming
searing
Spartan
unbearable
unendurable
unfriendly
unpleasant
wearing
more ❯
Adjective
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Having been shortened or abridged
condensed
abridged
shortened
abbreviated
concise
reduced
contracted
cut
summarisedUK
summarizedUS
brief
curtailed
truncated
summary
potted
abstracted
synoptic
thumbnail
succinct
compact
precised
synopsized
edited
concentrated
compressed
outline
short
encapsulated
bare-bones
cut-down
slimmed down
more ❯
Adjective
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Denoting the essential or minimum number of people, things or parts necessary for something
skeleton
reduced
minimal
minimum
essential
basic
bare-bones
smallest possible
no-frills
concise
condensed
brief
summary
shortened
abbreviated
compressed
thumbnail
summarizedUS
synoptic
contracted
cut
potted
truncated
curtailed
clipped
abstracted
edited
diminished
lessened
trimmed
more ❯
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