bare essentials
Just the basics
The bare essentials are the absolute minimum required—nothing more than what's strictly necessary for survival or basic function.
Pack only the bare essentials for the camping trip.
The phrase emphasizes stripping away everything superfluous: The budget was cut to the bare essentials.
- basicsFoundational knowledge of something
- necessitiesWhat you cannot lack
- fundamentalsCore elements of something
- strippedHad coverings removed
- minimalSmallest amount needed
core · sparse · raw · simple · no frills · needs · survival · frugal · austere · plain · rudimentary · skeletal · stark · bones · nuts and bolts · nitty gritty · pared down · lean
- necessitiesbasics, essentials, need, needs, necessities
- no-frillsno-frills, basic, plain, simple, utilitarian
- requirementsrequirement, requirements, prerequisite, requisite, requisites
- rough ittent camping, campfire, sleeping bag, hiking, backpacking
- minimalismminimalism, declutter, decluttering, simplicity, less is more
bare essentialsabundance
Ample supply, overflowing
plenty · excess · overabundance · surfeit · profusion
bare essentialsluxury
Expensive nonessential comfort
luxuries · extravagance · lavishness · opulence · frills
bare essentialsthe works
Complete set of options
everything but the kitchen sink · the whole shebang · the whole nine yards · the lot · elaboration
bare, essential, bared, barer, barest, barely, bareness, baring, essence