minimum
The smallest allowable
Minimum is the smallest amount, degree, or number possible or allowed.
A minimum wage is the lowest legal pay.
At a minimum, you should call before showing up.
The adjective describes the least acceptable: minimum requirements, minimum effort.
The opposite is maximum.
Plural: minimums or minima.
Least in dimension
tiniest · bottom · negligible · nominal · meager · scant · minute · minuscule
Point of beginning
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- standardLevel of quality accepted
- floorIndoor walking surface
- criterionStandard for judgment
baseline · requirement · cutoff · limit · boundary · specification · parameter · guideline
Lacking any covering
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- basicFundamental in nature
- fundamentalForming the base
- rudimentaryIn simplest possible form
spartan · stripped-down · no-frills · austere · skeletal · barebones · simple · plain
Required by rule
- compulsoryRequired, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- prerequisiteRequired prior condition
- necessaryIndispensable, cannot omit
required · essential · stipulated · prescribed · regulated · statutory · legal · compliance
Function's boundary value
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
- inflectionWord form alteration
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
parabola · vertex · tangent · curve · function · local · global · absolute
smallest
Least in dimension
slightest · tiniest · bottom · negligible · nominal · meager · scant · minute · minuscule · rock-bottom
threshold
Point of beginning
criterion · baseline · requirement · cutoff · limit · boundary · specification · parameter · guideline · reference
bare
Lacking any covering
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- basicFundamental in nature
- fundamentalForming the base
rudimentary · spartan · stripped-down · no-frills · austere · skeletal · barebones · simple · plain · unadorned
mandatory
Required by rule
- compulsoryRequired, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- prerequisiteRequired prior condition
necessary · required · essential · stipulated · prescribed · regulated · statutory · legal · compliance · qualification
extremum
Function's boundary value
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
- inflectionWord form alteration
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
optimization · parabola · vertex · tangent · curve · function · local · global · absolute · relative
- extremesbest, worst, biggest, smallest, highest
- limitslimit, limits, limitation, upper limit, lower limit
- quantitiessome, many, few, amount, several
- requirementsrequirement, requirements, prerequisite, requisite, requisites
- ruleslaw, rule, guideline, bylaw, standard
- standardsstandard, standards, norm, norms, criterion
- bare minimumSmallest acceptable quantity
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- minimum paymentLowest acceptable installment amount
- minimum ageYoungest permitted threshold
- mandatory minimumsLegally required base sentences
- minimum securityLeast restrictive custody level
minimal, minimize, minimalist, minimalism, minimizes, minimized, minimization, minimum wage, minimizing