minus

minus is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity.
2. noun. an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

   "the subtraction of three from four leaves one"

   "four minus three equals one"

   Synonyms: subtraction

3. adjective. involving disadvantage or harm

   "minus (or negative) factors"

   Synonyms: negative

4. adjective. on the negative side or lower end of a scale

   "minus 5 degrees"

   "a grade of B minus"

Synonyms

subtraction, negative

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in minus:

munis, numis, unism

Common word forms

minuses

Words from these letters

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