bare-bones
Stripped to essentials
Bare-bones describes something stripped to its essential elements, with nothing extra or decorative: a bare-bones budget, a bare-bones website.
The image is of a skeleton—the minimum structure needed to hold something together.
As a noun, the bare bones are the most basic facts or components: Let me give you the bare bones of the plan.
Thinly scattered or distributed
- unadornedLacking decoration or ornament
- stripped-downSimplified to basics
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- starkSevere and unadorned
no-frills · uncluttered · spartan · streamlined · lean · pared-down · simple · plain
Central essential portion
- fundamentalForming the base
- crucialOf supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- necessaryIndispensable, cannot omit
indispensable · key · central · foundational · rudimentary · elementary · underlying · intrinsic
sparse
Thinly scattered or distributed
- unadornedLacking decoration or ornament
- stripped-downSimplified to basics
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
stark · no-frills · uncluttered · spartan · streamlined · lean · pared-down · simple · plain · basic
core
Central essential portion
- fundamentalForming the base
- crucialOf supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
necessary · indispensable · key · central · foundational · rudimentary · elementary · underlying · intrinsic · prerequisite
framework
Underlying support system
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- frameSupporting outer structure
chassis · shell · hull · scaffold · armature · outline · sketch · wireframe · schematic · underpinning
- no-frillsno-frills, basic, plain, simple, utilitarian
- simplicitysimple, minimalism, plain, clarity, plainness
- pricingpricing, discount price, overpricing, discounts, overcharge
- bargainsbargain, bargain hunting, discount store, coupon, rebate
- Money-Saving Wordsthrifty, frugal, economical, budget-conscious, cost-conscious
- B-moviesB-movie, exploitation film, exploitation films, cult film, cult classic
bare-boneselaborate
Complex and detailed
ornate · embellished · fancy · intricate · bells and whistles
bare-bonescomprehensive
Including all elements
fleshed-out · feature-rich · complete · full · thorough
bare, bone, barely, bones, bared, boneless, boned, baring, bareness