Synonyms for Sparing | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "sparing" (165 found)

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Closest matches (33)

absolution abstemious amnesty ascetic austere benevolent canny careful chary cheap cheeseparing close conciliatory conserving coolingcooling downcooling offcurtailment cutback dwarfed

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dwarfish economic economical economization economizing exculpation

Noun(6 words)

cautious conservation conserve economical economize economizing

Adjective(1 words)

economical

Strong matches (50)

excuse exemption exiguous exoneration forbearing forehanded forgiving frugalfrugal to excessgenerous grace immunity impoverished indemnity jejune kindlabor savinglabor-saving lean lenient

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lenten limitedlong sufferinglong-suffering longanimouslow growth ratemagnanimous meager mean measured merciful mingy miserly moderatemoney savingmoney-saving narrow niggardly overfrugal paltry pardon

Adjective(2 words)

frugalminimal extent

Noun(7 words)

frugal frugality limit limited meager measuredmost unadorned

Related words (82)

parsimonious patient penny-pinching penny-wisepenny-wise and pound-foolishpenurious placable poor provident prudent prudential puny redemptionreduction of expensesreduction of spendingremissionremission of sinreprieve restrained retrenchment

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Noun(10 words)

preservation protection restrain restrained saving scant scarce thrift thrifty withhold

Adjective(3 words)

scotch stinting thriftier

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

14 entries

amount attitude conservation efficiency evaluation measuremedical procedurepraise property quality quantityresource managementrestraintsurgical technique

More specific

19 entries

cost sparingeconomy of useenergy sparingfrugalitylimit consumptionlimit criticismlimited allocationmeager portionmeasured praisenerve sparingorgan sparingreduce wasterestrained acknowledgmentsave energyscarce supplythrift

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Collocations

17 entries

cost sparingenergy sparingnerve sparingresource sparingsparing attentionsparing detailsparing dietsparing energysparing in spendingsparing no expensesparing of resourcessparing resourcessparing usesparing with praisesparing with resourcessparing with words

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Inflections

7 entries

more sparingmost sparingspared sparer spares sparest sparings

Derivations

4 entries

spareness sparer sparingly sparingness

similar

1 entries

thrifty

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Would you mind sparing me thirty minutes of the day?

Source: tatoeba (244986)

It is better to risk sparing a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

Source: tatoeba (2885558)

Who wants to travel far has to move his tonsure by sparing his mount.

Source: tatoeba (8584053)

Who wants to travel far moves his carcass while sparing his mount.

Source: tatoeba (8584066)

Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.

Sparing