100 Best Synonyms for “Minimal”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	abbreviated	shortened or reduced
2.	abridged	shortened by removing parts
3.	ascetic	severely simple; without luxuries
4.	at its lowest	at the smallest level
5.	attenuated	thin or weakened
6.	austere	severely simple
7.	bare	only just enough
8.	basic	simple and essential
9.	brief	short in duration or extent
10.	capsule	highly condensed
11.	cheap	using as little as possible
12.	clean	simple and uncluttered
13.	close	narrowly limited
14.	concise	brief and clear
15.	condensed	made shorter or denser
16.	contained	kept within bounds
17.	cursory	done with little detail
18.	curtailed	reduced in extent
19.	decreased	made lower in amount
20.	diminished	made less or smaller
21.	downsized	reduced in size
22.	economical	using little beyond necessity
23.	edited	cut down to essentials
24.	elemental	reduced to basic parts
25.	elementary	simple and basic
26.	essential	containing only what is needed
27.	faint	barely noticeable or slight
28.	fewer	smaller in number
29.	fractional	forming a small part
30.	frugal	sparing and not excessive
31.	gentle	mild and slight
32.	inconsequential	too small to matter
33.	insignificant	too small to be important
34.	insubstantial	lacking much substance
35.	lean	containing little excess
36.	less	smaller in amount
37.	light	small in amount or weight
38.	limited	restricted in amount or scope
39.	little	small in size or degree
40.	low	small in amount or level
41.	lowered	brought down in level
42.	marginal	very slight or limited
43.	meager	lacking in quantity or fullness
44.	measured	kept within careful limits
45.	micro	extremely small
46.	mini	smaller than usual
47.	minor	lesser in importance or size
48.	miserly	extremely sparing with resources
49.	moderate	not great in amount
50.	modest	not large or excessive
51.	muted	soft and not strong
52.	nano	extremely tiny
53.	neat	tidy and simple
54.	negligible	too small to matter much
55.	next to nothing	almost nothing in amount
56.	niggardly	very sparing; ungenerous
57.	no-frills	without extras or decoration
58.	nominal	very small; in name only
59.	paltry	very small and unimpressive
60.	pared-down	reduced to the basics
61.	partial	not complete; limited
62.	perfunctory	minimal and lacking care
63.	petite	small and slight
64.	petty	small and trivial
65.	piecemeal	in small separate amounts
66.	plain	simple and unadorned
67.	puny	small and weak
68.	rarefied	thin and sparse
69.	reduced	made smaller or less
70.	refined	simple and carefully polished
71.	restrained	kept simple and controlled
72.	restricted	kept within narrow limits
73.	rudimentary	basic and not developed
74.	scant	barely sufficient; sparse
75.	scanty	small and inadequate
76.	simple	plain and not elaborate
77.	slight	very small in amount
78.	small	limited in size or amount
79.	spare	plain and lacking extras
80.	sparse	thinly distributed; not dense
81.	streamlined	made simple and efficient
82.	stripped-down	reduced to essentials
83.	subdued	quiet and not excessive
84.	temperate	showing restraint and moderation
85.	terse	brief and sparing with words
86.	threadbare	thin from much use
87.	thumbnail	very brief or small-scale
88.	tidy	orderly and uncluttered
89.	tight	closely limited or controlled
90.	token	very small or symbolic
91.	trifling	very small and unimportant
92.	trimmed	cut down slightly
93.	unadorned	plain and without decoration
94.	uncluttered	free of unnecessary items
95.	understated	deliberately simple and subtle
96.	unembellished	without added decoration
97.	unfussy	simple and not elaborate
98.	unornamented	plain and undecorated
99.	wee	very small
100.	whittled-down	reduced little by little