Minus synonyms and antonyms

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subtract
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less (related)
Not as great in amount or quantity:
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negative
(Math.) Designating a quantity less than zero, or one to be subtracted; minus quantity
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defect
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diminished
Made smaller; lessened; reduced
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unrounded (related)
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zero (related)
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short-of
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deficient
Lacking an essential quality or element:
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without
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detriment
Anything that causes damage or injury
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disadvantage
An unfavorable situation or circumstance; drawback; handicap
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drawback
The definition of a drawback is a disadvantage or negative feature.
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handicap
The definition of a handicap is a race where the competition is evened out by giving advantages to the weaker competitor and making the race more difficult for the stronger competitor, or something that is a disadvantage.
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equal to (related)
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subtraction
(Arithmetic) (uncountable) The process of subtracting a number from another.
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from
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plus (antonym)
Added or extra:
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lacking
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help (related)
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
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  • Metal sheathing shall be dealt with, by allowing in full the cost of a weight equal to the gross weight of metal sheathing stripped off, minus the proceeds of the old metal.

  • Or is this still more Tory pie crust minus the filling?

  • Then, according as the spinner wants immediate delivery or delivery in some future month, he pays the price of current " futures," or of " futures " of the month in which he requires delivery, plus or minus the " points on or off " previously fixed.

  • Gabriel Cramer, in a note to his Analyse des lignes courbes algebriques (1750), gave the rule which establishes the sign of a product as plus or minus according as the number of displacements from the typical form has been even or odd.

  • The local hour angle of an object is the local apparent sidereal time minus the apparent right ascension.

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