minus one
One fewer than
Minus one describes being one fewer than a reference point, often used when someone expected to be present is absent: We're minus one tonight—Sarah couldn't make it.
In gaming and social contexts, it's the opposite of plus one, indicating you're coming alone rather than bringing a guest.
In music, a minus one track removes one instrument or vocal part for practice or karaoke purposes.
- negativeOpposite of affirmative
- subtractRemove from a sum
- lessA smaller amount
- zeroNumerical absence of quantity
- deficitAmount still owed
in the red · deduct · shortfall · falling short · absence · lacking · underwater · below · decrement · loss · reduction · takeaway · incomplete · missing · left behind · offset · downgrade · backstep
- negativesno, not, never, none, nothing
- music versionskaraoke track, backing track, piano cover, acoustic version, unplugged version
- counting phrasescount to ten, on three, countdown, count off
- valence statesmonovalent, divalent, trivalent, tetravalent, hexavalent