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

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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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1. National Weather Service:

   We're dropping below zero and wind chills will be dropping to 20 below and maybe minus-25 by morning, people should take it seriously. It is the coldest in Massachusetts in many years.

2. Adam McLaughlin:

   It's about minus 20 degrees today and not much breeze, so we thought the igloo would be a good place to do it.

3. Chief Executive Ugur Sahin:

   Our first formulation had to be stored and shipped at minus 80 degrees. We have now, in the meantime, a formulation which is not yet approved... which can be stored at two to eight degrees, we will most likely reach six months stability at two to eight degrees.

4. Charlie Munger:

   When an ignorant man leaves, I regard it as a plus not a minus, he's just plain wrong.

5. 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.