bare necessities
Minimum survival needs
The bare necessities are the absolute minimum required for survival or basic functioning—food, water, shelter.
The phrase emphasizes stripping away everything nonessential: They packed only the bare necessities for the hike.
It suggests doing without comfort or luxury, reduced to what you truly need.
- basic needsRequirements for survival
- essentialsIndispensable items or elements
- bread and butterPrimary source of income
- fundamentalsCore elements of something
- foodConsumable nourishment source
daily bread · subsistence · living wage · making ends meet · frugality · required · prerequisites · water · simplicity · minimalism · back to basics · air · shelter · roof over head · clothing · warmth · healthcare · survival
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- money troublesdebt relief, bad debt, bankruptcy filing, paycheck to paycheck, struggling
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Non-essential costly pleasures
extravagance · opulence · abundance · excess · lavishness
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Non-essential costly pleasures
extravagances · comforts · frills · extras · nonessentials
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State of extreme comfort
life of Riley · high living · the good life · decadence · grandeur
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