adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act by which something or someone is spared.

   "The sparings of my frugality have, however, in a sufficient degree, augmented my originally scanty patrimony; […]"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of spare form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.

Adjective

1. 1
   avoiding waste wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

stintingabsolutionabstemiousabstemiousamnestyascetic

Antonyms

All antonyms

prodigal

Example

More examples

"Would you mind sparing me thirty minutes of the day?"

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