Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bare_bones

1 sense of bare bones

Sense 1
bare bones -- ((plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story")
       => kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty -- (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bare_bone

1 sense of bare bone

Sense 1
bare bone -- (bone stripped of flesh)
       => bone, os -- (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)