Spare

/spɛə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "spare" (584 found)

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Closest matches (117)

abandon abjure absolve abstainabstain fromabstemious accessory additional afford agent allow alternate alternative amnesty analogy ancillary angular anotheras a bonusascetic

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Noun(14 words)

allowback upbackupbackup copybackup copy filebackup filebackup wardrobebare carefulclear design systemconserve economicaleconomical designexempt

Adjective(6 words)

alternate numberavailable energy reservesbalder bareempty shelvesexcess

Verb(1 words)

dispense with

Strong matches (175)

expendable expletive extra fake farther fill-in flat flat-chested fleshlessfor lagniappeforbear forehanded forgive forgo forsake forswear frank free fresh frugal

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fundamental further gangling gangly gaunt gawkyget along withoutget rid ofghost ghostwriter givegive absolutiongive awaygive dispensation fromgive quartergive upgrant amnesty togrant forgivenessgrant immunitygrant remissiongratuitous gratuity guard haggardhave done withhave mercy uponhave pityheldheld backheld in reserveheld outholdhold aloof fromhold backhold offhomely homespun homogeneous idle imitation impoverishedin abeyancein additionin excessin handin reserveincidental indivisible irreducible jejune keepkeep alivekeep backkeep fromkeep in handkeep intactkeep inviolatekeep safekeep upkeptkiss good byekiss good-byelabor savinglabor-saving lagniappe lank lankylay asidelay awaylay bylay inlay uplean lean-fleshed lean-lookingleave well enough aloneleft leftover leisure leisured lentenlet alonelet golet go bylet havelet offlet uplet up onlet well enough aloneliberate limited lithelocum tenensmaintainmake a sacrificemakeshift marginmatter-of-factmeager meagre mean melt mere metaphor metonymy mint miserly mock modestmoney savingmoney-saving monolithic moremore than enoughnarrow natural neat needless netnever touchnewnext best thingniggardly nonessentialnot destroynot endangernot expendnot touchnot usenot use upnot wasteoccasional oddof a pieceoff

Adjective(9 words)

extraextra outfitfreeidle systemminimal countminimalist artminimalist designminimalist explanationsminimalist styling

Noun(10 words)

extrafallow landfifth wheelfrugal grant meagerminimalist formmore extramost unadornednonessential part

Verb(1 words)

give up

Related words (292)

Noun(18 words)

offer pardon provide redundant relieve reserveresting capacitysave scant shieldspare partsparse spartanizing standby standbys surplus thrifty unused

open original otherout-of-the-wayoutstanding overover and aboveoverage overmeasure overplus overrun overset overstock oversupply paltry pardon parsimoniouspart timepart withpart-time

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pass uppatent penny-wise personnel phony pinchpinch hitterplainplain spokenplain-speaking plain-spoken pleonastic plus poor pourboire preserve preserved primal primary pristine prolix prosaic prosing prosy protect provident provisional proxy prudent prudential puny purepure and simpleput asideput byquitclaim rawboned recant redeem redundant refrainrefrain fromregister relax release relent relief relieve relinquish remainder remaining remanent remise remit renderrender uprenounce replacement representative reprieve rescue reserve reserved reserves resign retained retired retract rid ringer rustic sacrificesalt awaysavesave the necessitysaved saving scant scanty scotch scraggy scrape scrawny screw scrimp scrimping scrimpysecond stringsecondary semiretired severe short shrive shun side signsimon puresimon-pure simple simple-speaking single skeletal skimp skimping skimpy skinny slender slight slim small sobersomething extraspare the pricespare timespares sparing sparse spartan spidery spindling spindly standstand aloofstand aloof fromstand-in stark starvation stingy stint stinted stopgap stored straightforward straitened stunted sub subsistence substituent substitute substitution succedaneum supererogatory superfluous supernumerary superseder supplanter supplemental supplementary support surplus surplusage surrender surrogate surviving suspended sustainswear offsymbol synecdochetake pity ontautologic tautologous temporary tentative thaw thin thin-bellied thin-fleshedthird stringthriftythrow uptidetime savingtime-saving tipto sparetoken twiggy ulterior unadorned unaffected unapplied unbeatenuncalled foruncalled-for uncluttered unconsumed undergo undersized understudy underweight undifferenced undifferentiated unemployed unessential unexercised unexpended unhandled uniform unimaginative unnecessary unneeded unnourishing unnutritious unoccupied unpoetical unspent untapped untouched untrodden unused unutilized unvarnished unwasteful uphold utilityutility playervacant vacate verbose vicar vicarious vice-president vice-regent waive waived watered waterywell affordwiry withheld withhold yield

Verb(3 words)

part withsave surplused

Adjective(18 words)

plainplain proseredundantremaining resourcesscantysimple prosesupererogatory superfluous supernumerarysupplementary feeding groundsurplussurplus resourcetidiest trim unembellished unornamentedunspent hourswindswept

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

33 entries

amount attributebehavioral patternbowling termcar wheelcomponent constituent consume deplete eateat upeconomic principleelement exempt exhaust expend

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More specific

20 entries

additional itembare minimumbonus componentcost savingefficient usefrugal approachlimited stockmeager supplyscarce resourcespare a minutespare a momentspare fundsspare lifespare materialsspare painspare part

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Collocations

12 entries

spare a minutespare a momentspare batteryspare capacityspare keyspare no effortspare no expensespare partsspare resourcesspare roomspare timespare tire

Inflections

5 entries

spared sparer spares sparest sparing

Derivations

5 entries

spared spareness spares sparing sparingly

similar

12 entries

lean meager meagerly meagre scrimpy stingy thin unadorned undecorated unnecessary unneeded unoccupied

Translations

42 translations across 18 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

φείδομαι verb (to show mercy)

Arabic

1 entries

رَحِمَ verb (to show mercy)

Armenian

1 entries

խնայել verb (to show mercy)

Bulgarian

2 entries

пощадявам verb (to show mercy)
щадя verb (to show mercy)

Dutch

1 entries

sparen verb (to show mercy)

German

1 entries

sparen verb (to show mercy)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to show mercy)

Hungarian

2 entries

kímél verb (to show mercy)
megkímél verb (to show mercy)

Icelandic

1 entries

þyrma verb (to show mercy)

Italian

1 entries

risparmiare verb (to show mercy)

Latin

2 entries

impercō verb (to show mercy)
parcō verb (to show mercy)

Old Norse

1 entries

þyrma verb (to show mercy)

Polish

2 entries

oszczędzać verb (to show mercy)
oszczędzić verb (to show mercy)

Russian

4 entries

ми́ловать verb (to show mercy)
поми́ловать verb (to show mercy)
пощади́ть verb (to show mercy)
щади́ть verb (to show mercy)

Sanskrit

1 entries

मृडति verb (to show mercy)

Spanish

4 entries

adolecerse de verb (to show mercy)
apiadar verb (to show mercy)
apiadarse de verb (to show mercy)
compadecer verb (to show mercy)

Swedish

1 entries

skona verb (to show mercy)

Turkish

1 entries

bağışlamak verb (to show mercy)

Sample sentences

44 total sentences available.

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We have three spare rooms, none of which can be used.

Source: tatoeba (18335)

Can you spare me a few minutes of your valuable time?

Source: tatoeba (20157)

I have a spare key to my house hidden outside.

Source: tatoeba (22014)

We gathered all the books together and put them in the spare room.

Source: tatoeba (23212)

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