Spare

//spɛə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "spare" (533 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (107)

scanty supererogatory thin unnecessary unoccupied abandon abjure absolve abstain abstain from abstemious accessory additional afford agent allow alternate alternative amnesty analogy

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Adjective(2 words)

threadbare dismal

Adjective(2 words)

bare excess

Verb(1 words)

dispense with

Strong matches (160)

expendable expletive extra fake farther fifth wheel fill-in flat flat-chested fleshless for lagniappe forbear forehanded forgive forgo forsake forswear frank free fresh

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frugal fundamental further gangling gangly gaunt gawky get along without get rid of ghost ghostwriter give give absolution give away give dispensation from give quarter give up grant amnesty to grant forgiveness grant immunity grant remission gratuitous gratuity guard haggard have done with have mercy upon have pity held held back held in reserve held out hold hold aloof from hold back hold off homely homespun homogeneous idle imitation impoverished in abeyance in addition in excess in hand in reserve incidental indivisible irreducible jejune keep keep alive keep back keep from keep in hand keep intact keep inviolate keep safe keep up kept kiss good bye kiss good-bye labor saving labor-saving lagniappe lank lanky lay aside lay away lay by lay in lay up lean lean-fleshed lean-looking leave well enough alone left leftover leisure leisured lenten let alone let go let go by let have let off let up let up on let well enough alone liberate limited lithe locum tenens maintain make a sacrifice makeshift margin matter-of-fact meager meagre mean melt mere metaphor metonymy mint miserly mock modest money saving money-saving monolithic more more than enough narrow natural neat needless net never touch new next best thing niggardly nonessential not destroy not endanger not expend not touch not use not use up not waste occasional odd

Adjective(2 words)

Noun(1 words)

Verb(2 words)

Adjective(1 words)

Related words (266)

of a piece off open original other out-of-the-way outstanding over over and above overage overmeasure overplus overrun overset overstock oversupply paltry pardon parsimonious part time

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part with part-time pass up patent penny-wise personnel phony pinch pinch hitter plain plain spoken plain-speaking plain-spoken pleonastic plus poor pourboire preserve preserved primal primary pristine prolix prosaic prosing prosy protect provident provisional proxy prudent prudential puny pure pure and simple put aside put by quitclaim rawboned recant redeem redundant refrain refrain from register relax release relent relief relieve relinquish remainder remaining remanent remise remit render render up renounce replacement representative reprieve rescue reserve reserved reserves resign retained retired retract rid ringer rustic sacrifice salt away save save the necessity saved saving scant scotch scraggy scrape scrawny screw scrimp scrimping scrimpy second string secondary semiretired severe short shrive shun side sign simon pure simon-pure simple simple-speaking single skeletal skimp skimping skimpy skinny slender slight slim small sober something extra spare part spare the price spare time spares sparing sparse spartan spidery spindling spindly stand stand aloof stand aloof from stand-in stark starvation stingy stint stinted stopgap stored straightforward straitened stunted sub subsistence substituent substitute substitution succedaneum superfluous supernumerary superseder supplanter supplemental supplementary support surplus surplusage surrender surrogate surviving suspended sustain swear off symbol synecdoche take pity on tautologic tautologous temporary tentative thaw thin-bellied thin-fleshed third string thrifty throw up tide time saving time-saving tip to spare token twiggy ulterior unadorned unaffected unapplied unbeaten uncalled for uncalled-for uncluttered unconsumed undergo undersized understudy underweight undifferenced undifferentiated unembellished unemployed unessential unexercised unexpended unhandled uniform unimaginative unneeded unnourishing unnutritious unpoetical unspent untapped untouched untrodden unused unutilized unvarnished unwasteful uphold utility utility player vacant vacate verbose vicar vicarious vice-president vice-regent waive waived watered watery well afford wiry withheld withhold yield

Verb(2 words)

part with save

Adjective(10 words)

plain redundant scanty supererogatory superfluous supernumerary surplus trim unembellished unornamented

Adjective(1 words)

scantling

Noun(1 words)

spare part

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

21 entries

car wheel component constituent consume deplete eat eat up element exempt exhaust expend forbear free give refrain relieve

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Synonyms

5 entries

fifth wheel scanty spare part supererogatory unembellished

derived

26 entries

Sparean don't spare the horses donut spare go spare hot spare like a spare prick at a wedding spare a thought for spare ball spare change spare no effort spare no expense spare part spare rib spare room spare someone the details spare someone's blushes

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has context

4 entries

bowling canada dialect uk

is a

1 entries

score

manner of

4 entries

exempt give refrain use

related to

46 entries

angry block bowling bowling score car car trunk chary crazy desist extra extra part extra tire flat flat tire flats forbear

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similar

15 entries

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

Translations

165 translations across 31 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

φείδομαι verb (to show mercy)

Arabic

1 entries

رَحِمَ verb (to show mercy)

Armenian

4 entries

պահեստային adj (held in reserve)
խնայել verb (to show mercy)
խնայել verb (to be frugal)
խնայել verb (to reserve from occupation, use or duty)

Bulgarian

4 entries

запасен adj (held in reserve)
излишен adj (being over and above what is necessary)
мършав adj (lean, meager — see also lean)
оскъден adj (scanty, not abundant or plentiful)

Czech

2 entries

nadbytečný adj (being over and above what is necessary)
náhradní adj (held in reserve)

Dutch

4 entries

extra adj (being over and above what is necessary)
extra adj (not occupied)
reserve adj (held in reserve)
vrij adj (not occupied)

Finnish

4 entries

laiha adj (lean, meager — see also lean)
niukka adj (scanty, not abundant or plentiful)
säästäväinen adj (sparing)
vara adj (held in reserve)

French

2 entries

rechange adj (held in reserve)
épargner verb (to reserve from occupation, use or duty)

German

4 entries

Reserve adj (held in reserve)
dürftig adj (scanty, not abundant or plentiful)
frei adj (not occupied)
schlank adj (lean, meager — see also lean)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to show mercy)

Hungarian

4 entries

cingár adj (lean, meager — see also lean)
fennmaradó adj (being over and above what is necessary)
gyér adj (scanty, not abundant or plentiful)
maradék adj (being over and above what is necessary)

Icelandic

4 entries

auka adj (being over and above what is necessary)
auður adj (not occupied)
laus adj (not occupied)
vara adj (held in reserve)

Irish

3 entries

breise adj (being over and above what is necessary)
breise adj (held in reserve)
folamh adj (not occupied)

Italian

4 entries

di ricambio adj (held in reserve)
di riserva adj (held in reserve)
di scorta adj (held in reserve)
frugale adj (sparing)

Latin

4 entries

subsicīvus adj (being over and above what is necessary)
impercō verb (to show mercy)
parcō verb (to show mercy)
parcō verb (to be frugal)

Manx

1 entries

thanney adj (lean, meager — see also lean)

Māori

3 entries

kōkau adj (lean, meager — see also lean)
tu(w)hene adj (held in reserve)
matatoua verb (to be frugal)

Old Norse

1 entries

þyrma verb (to show mercy)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

یدك adj (held in reserve)

Persian

4 entries

اضافه adj (being over and above what is necessary)
زاپاس adj (held in reserve)
یدک adj (held in reserve)
یدکی adj (held in reserve)

Polish

4 entries

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

Quechua

1 entries

waqaychay verb (to reserve from occupation, use or duty)

Russian

4 entries

запасно́й adj (held in reserve)
ли́шний adj (being over and above what is necessary)
скудный adj (scanty, not abundant or plentiful)
скупой adj (sparing)

Sanskrit

1 entries

मृडति verb (to show mercy)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

a bharrachd adj (being over and above what is necessary)
a bharrachd adj (held in reserve)

Spanish

4 entries

de recambio adj (held in reserve)
de refacción adj (held in reserve)
de repuesto adj (held in reserve)
de reserva adj (held in reserve)

Swedish

4 entries

extra adj (being over and above what is necessary)
extra adj (not occupied)
ledig adj (not occupied)
reserv adj (held in reserve)

Turkish

1 entries

bağışlamak verb (to show mercy)

Ukrainian

2 entries

запасни́й adj (held in reserve)
шкодува́ти verb (to reserve from occupation, use or duty)

Walloon

1 entries

spårgnî verb (to reserve from occupation, use or duty)

Welsh

1 entries

sbâr adj (being over and above what is necessary)

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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