What is another word for barest?

Pronunciation: [bˈe͡əɹəst] (IPA)

Barest is a word that is used to describe something that is extremely minimal or scarce. It can be used to describe something that is just barely enough or is lacking in substance. There are several synonyms for the word barest that can be used to convey a similar meaning. Some of these words include: slightest, most meager, most minimum, most basic, most fundamental, most essential, most elementary, most rudimentary, and most fundamental. These synonyms can be used interchangeably with barest to convey a sense of scarcity or minimalism. Ultimately, the choice of synonym will depend on the context of the sentence and the tone of the writing.

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Usage examples for Barest

This is but the barest catalogue of his work; there is nothing that arises, no part of the life of the village and the country side, to which he does not set his hand.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Even so a drowning man fights who in old failures to learn swimming has just mastered its barest rudiments.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
So when, after a two hours' walk through the evening glow and the moonrise, Rosalind came home to Sally's revelation, as we have seen, the slight exception her voice took to universal rejoicing was the barest echo of the tension of her absolutely unsuccessful attempt to get in the thin end of the wedge of an incredible revelation.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan

Famous quotes with Barest

  • We have a chance to wind down and expedite the removal of 96 percent of the world's nuclear weapons. What an achievement it would be, if at the end of the next administration, we could say that the nuclear arsenals of both Russia and the United States had been reduced to the barest minimums.
    Dianne Feinstein
  • In the world as we find it, even the barest requirements of a life worth living cannot all be always met in full. Toppling a tyranny may trigger civil war. Protecting a broad range of liberal freedoms may result in the regime that guarantees them being short lived. At the same time, supporting a strong state as a bulwark against anarchy may worsen the abuse of power. Wise policy can temper these conflicts. It cannot hope to overcome them.
    John Gray (philosopher)
  • The words they spoke were voices that she heard. She looked at them and saw them as they were And what she felt fought off the barest phrase.
    Wallace Stevens
  • Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinementSo I say, if you cannot learn to love real art; at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.
    William Morris
  • "The law is a necessary evil and as such must be cut down to the barest minimum. Show me a lover of the law and I will show you a muttonheaded tyrant."
    Anthony de Mello

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