Minus

Conjunction

 * 1)  Difference of the previous number from the following number.
 * seven minus two is five

Derived terms

 * minus sign

Preposition

 * 1)  without.
 * I walked out minus my coat.

Synonyms

 * lacking, without

Adjective

 * 1)  Negative.
 * a minus number
 * 1) On the negative part of a scale.
 * minus seven degrees
 * 1) Ranking just below a designated rating.
 * He got a grade of B minus for his essay.

Synonyms

 * (negative): negative
 * (on the negative part of a scale): below zero (after the noun)

Noun

 * 1)  A minus sign (−).
 * 2)  A negative quantity.
 * 3) A defect or deficiency.

Synonyms

 * (defect or deficiency): defect, deficiency, drawback, flaw, shortcoming

Antonyms

 * (minus sign): plus
 * (negative quantity): plus
 * (defect or deficiency): advantage, bonus, boon, gain, plus

Thesaurus
barring, bereaved, bereaved of, bereft, cut off, decrement, deduction, deficient, denuded, deprived of, devoid, discounting, divested, except, excepting, exception taken of, excluding, exclusive of, existless, from, inadequate, inferior, insufficient, lacking, leaving out, less, minuend, missing, negative, nonexistent, not counting, null, off, out of, parted from, plus, positive, robbed of, sans, save, shorn of, short, short of, stripped of, subtrahend, unexisting, unreached, vacuous, void, wanting, without, without being

Etymology
From the neuter form of minor:.

Conjunction

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 負, 负 (fù)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:, מינוס
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 引く (hiku)
 * Korean: 빼다 (ppaeda)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: eksi
 * Urdu:

Adjective

 * Arabic: سالب
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Icelandic: mínus-, sem lýtur að frádrætti, frádráttar-; neikvæður , neikvæð , neikvætt ; minni en núll , minna en núll


 * Italian: ,
 * Lojban:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ujemny, ujemna
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: отрицательный
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch: min, onder nul (after the noun)
 * Finnish: miinus; (x astetta) pakkasta - (x degrees) frost
 * French:
 * Greek: ,


 * Icelandic: mínus ; neikvæður, neikvæð , neikvætt ; minni en núll , minna en núll
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: miinus, miikka (slang)
 * French:
 * Icelandic:


 * Russian: с минусом (s mínusom)
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * Arabic: ناقص
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 負號, 负号
 * Czech:


 * Japanese: マイナス
 * Polish:
 * Russian:


 * German:
 * Icelandic: neikvæð tala, tala sem er minni en núll
 * Japanese: (, fu),  (mainasu)


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: отрицательная величина (otricátel’naja veličiná)
 * Swedish: negativ kvantitet


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: miinus (colloquial)
 * German:


 * Icelandic: mínus, ókostur
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * : 減去, 减去 (jiǎn qù)
 * : 빼기 (bbaegi)
 * : menos

Anagrams

 * in sum, munis

Noun
minus


 * 1) minus.

Etymology
minus - less.

Preposition

 * 1)  minus, less
 * vier minus drei ist eins.

Antonyms

 * plus

Noun

 * 1) minus, minus sign

Noun

 * 1) minus sign
 * 2) minuns, defect, deficiency

Noun

 * 1) minus sign, minus

Verb

 * 1)  minus
 * Tre minus två är ett - three minus two is one