To treat with inordinate gentleness and care

• favor

  1. To use gently; spare
  2. To look like; resemble in facial features
  3. (Chiefly Southern US) To resemble in appearance:

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  1. To use gently; spare
  2. To look like; resemble in facial features
  3. (Chiefly Southern US) To resemble in appearance:

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To free from an obligation or duty

• relieve

  1. To cause a lessening or alleviation of:
  2. (Baseball) To serve as a relief pitcher
  3. To ease, lighten, or reduce (pain, anxiety, etc.)

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  1. To cause a lessening or alleviation of:
  2. (Baseball) To serve as a relief pitcher
  3. To ease, lighten, or reduce (pain, anxiety, etc.)

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• let off

  1. To cause to explode.
  2. (Idiomatic) To forgive and not punish.

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  1. To cause to explode.
  2. (Idiomatic) To forgive and not punish.

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• exempt

  1. (Obsolete) To set apart; isolate.
  2. To free from an obligation, duty, or liability to which others are subject:

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  1. (Obsolete) To set apart; isolate.
  2. To free from an obligation, duty, or liability to which others are subject:

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• excuse

  1. To release from an obligation, duty, promise, etc.
  2. To apologize for (oneself) for an act that could cause offense:
  3. To give permission to leave; release:

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  1. To release from an obligation, duty, promise, etc.
  2. To apologize for (oneself) for an act that could cause offense:
  3. To give permission to leave; release:

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• dispense

  1. To prepare and give out (medicines, prescriptions, etc.)
  2. To give or deal out, especially in parts or portions:
  3. To exempt; excuse

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  1. To prepare and give out (medicines, prescriptions, etc.)
  2. To give or deal out, especially in parts or portions:
  3. To exempt; excuse

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• discharge

  1. To relieve (a ship, for example) of a burden or of contents; unload.
  2. To shoot:
  3. To relieve oneself or itself of (a burden, load, etc.)

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  1. To relieve (a ship, for example) of a burden or of contents; unload.
  2. To shoot:
  3. To relieve oneself or itself of (a burden, load, etc.)

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• absolve

  1. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
  2. To give religious absolution to
  3. To relieve of a requirement or obligation.

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  1. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
  2. To give religious absolution to
  3. To relieve of a requirement or obligation.

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To use without wasting

• save

  1. To keep in a safe or healthy condition:
  2. To treat with care by avoiding fatigue, wear, or damage; spare:
  3. To set free from the consequences of sin; redeem:

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  1. To keep in a safe or healthy condition:
  2. To treat with care by avoiding fatigue, wear, or damage; spare:
  3. To set free from the consequences of sin; redeem:

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• economize

  1. To use or manage with thrift:
  2. To practice economy, as by avoiding waste or reducing expenditures.
  3. To avoid waste or needless expenditure; reduce expenses

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  1. To use or manage with thrift:
  2. To practice economy, as by avoiding waste or reducing expenditures.
  3. To avoid waste or needless expenditure; reduce expenses

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• conserve

  1. To economize:
  2. To use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste:
  3. To keep from being damaged, lost, or wasted; save

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  1. To economize:
  2. To use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste:
  3. To keep from being damaged, lost, or wasted; save

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Being more than is needed, desired, or appropriate

• surplus

  1. Designating or of commodities (specif., certain excess farm products) bought, stored, distributed, etc. by the government under the Federal price-support program
  2. Being more than or in excess of what is needed or required:
  3. Forming a surplus; excess; extra

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  1. Designating or of commodities (specif., certain excess farm products) bought, stored, distributed, etc. by the government under the Federal price-support program
  2. Being more than or in excess of what is needed or required:
  3. Forming a surplus; excess; extra

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• supernumerary

  1. Exceeding the required or desired number or amount; superfluous:
  2. That exceeds or is beyond the regular or prescribed number; extra

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  1. Exceeding the required or desired number or amount; superfluous:
  2. That exceeds or is beyond the regular or prescribed number; extra

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• superfluous

  1. (Obs.) Extravagant; prodigal
  2. Being beyond what is required or sufficient.
  3. Not needed; unnecessary; irrelevant

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  1. (Obs.) Extravagant; prodigal
  2. Being beyond what is required or sufficient.
  3. Not needed; unnecessary; irrelevant

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• supererogatory

  1. Superfluous
  2. Superfluous; unnecessary:
  3. Done or observed beyond the degree required or expected

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  1. Superfluous
  2. Superfluous; unnecessary:
  3. Done or observed beyond the degree required or expected

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• extra

  1. Subject to an additional charge:
  2. More than or beyond what is usual, normal, expected, or necessary:
  3. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.

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  1. Subject to an additional charge:
  2. More than or beyond what is usual, normal, expected, or necessary:
  3. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.

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• excess

  1. Being more than is usual, required, or permitted:
  2. More than usual; extra; surplus

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  1. Being more than is usual, required, or permitted:
  2. More than usual; extra; surplus

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• de trop

  1. Excessive or superfluous
  2. Unwanted; superfluous; in the way
  3. Too much; too many

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  1. Excessive or superfluous
  2. Unwanted; superfluous; in the way
  3. Too much; too many

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Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent

• measly

  1. (Slang) Contemptibly small; meager:
  2. (Informal) Contemptibly slight, worthless, or skimpy
  3. Small in amount, contemptibly so.

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  1. (Slang) Contemptibly small; meager:
  2. (Informal) Contemptibly slight, worthless, or skimpy
  3. Small in amount, contemptibly so.

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• thin

  1. Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
  2. Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty:
  3. Watery:

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  1. Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
  2. Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty:
  3. Watery:

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• stingy

  1. Giving or spending reluctantly.
  2. Stinging or capable of stinging
  3. Scanty or meager:

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  1. Giving or spending reluctantly.
  2. Stinging or capable of stinging
  3. Scanty or meager:

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• sparse

  1. Thinly spread or distributed; not dense or crowded
  2. Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense.

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  1. Thinly spread or distributed; not dense or crowded
  2. Occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense.

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• skimpy

  1. Inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting:
  2. Barely or not quite enough; somewhat less in size, fullness, etc. than is needed; scanty
  3. Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.

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  1. Inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting:
  2. Barely or not quite enough; somewhat less in size, fullness, etc. than is needed; scanty
  3. Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.

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• scanty

  1. Narrow; small; close
  2. Small or insufficient in amount, size, or extent:
  3. Not covering a considerable amount of the body:

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  1. Narrow; small; close
  2. Small or insufficient in amount, size, or extent:
  3. Not covering a considerable amount of the body:

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• scant

  1. Very little, very few.
  2. Inadequate in size or amount; not enough; meager
  3. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.

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  1. Very little, very few.
  2. Inadequate in size or amount; not enough; meager
  3. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.

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• puny

  1. (Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
  2. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak:

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  1. (Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
  2. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak:

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• poor

  1. Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality:
  2. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable:
  3. Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:

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  1. Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality:
  2. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable:
  3. Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:

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• meager

  1. Having little flesh; lean.
  2. Of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich; inadequate
  3. Thin; lean; emaciated

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  1. Having little flesh; lean.
  2. Of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich; inadequate
  3. Thin; lean; emaciated

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• exiguous

  1. Extremely scanty; meager.
  2. Scanty; little; small; meager

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  1. Extremely scanty; meager.
  2. Scanty; little; small; meager

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Having little flesh or fat on the body

• weedy

  1. Being, characteristic of, or resembling a weed:
  2. Full of or consisting of weeds:
  3. Lean, lanky, ungainly, etc.

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  1. Being, characteristic of, or resembling a weed:
  2. Full of or consisting of weeds:
  3. Lean, lanky, ungainly, etc.

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• twiggy

  1. Slender, delicate, etc. like a twig
  2. Full of or covered with twigs
  3. (Of a person) Thin and angular.

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  1. Slender, delicate, etc. like a twig
  2. Full of or covered with twigs
  3. (Of a person) Thin and angular.

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• thin

  1. Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
  2. Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty:
  3. Watery:

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  1. Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny:
  2. Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty:
  3. Watery:

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• slim

  1. Small in girth or thickness in proportion to height or length; slender.
  2. Small in quantity or amount; meager:

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  1. Small in girth or thickness in proportion to height or length; slender.
  2. Small in quantity or amount; meager:

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• slender

  1. Small in width or girth; narrow
  2. Small in amount or extent; meager:
  3. Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim:

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  1. Small in width or girth; narrow
  2. Small in amount or extent; meager:
  3. Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim:

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• skinny

  1. Of inadequate size, growth, etc.
  2. Having very little bodily flesh or fat, often unattractively so; very thin.
  3. Having little width; narrow:

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  1. Of inadequate size, growth, etc.
  2. Having very little bodily flesh or fat, often unattractively so; very thin.
  3. Having little width; narrow:

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• scrawny

  1. Stunted or scrubby
  2. Stunted or straggly:
  3. Very thin; skinny and bony

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  1. Stunted or scrubby
  2. Stunted or straggly:
  3. Very thin; skinny and bony

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• rawboned

  1. Having a lean, gaunt frame with prominent bones.
  2. (Of a person) thin and bony, having prominent bones, rugged but not necessarily handsome
  3. Lean; gaunt

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  1. Having a lean, gaunt frame with prominent bones.
  2. (Of a person) thin and bony, having prominent bones, rugged but not necessarily handsome
  3. Lean; gaunt

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• meager

  1. Having little flesh; lean.
  2. Of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich; inadequate
  3. Thin; lean; emaciated

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  1. Having little flesh; lean.
  2. Of poor quality or small amount; not full or rich; inadequate
  3. Thin; lean; emaciated

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• lean

  1. With little flesh or fat; thin; spare
  2. (--- Chemistry) Lacking in combustible material:
  3. Not fleshy or fat; thin.

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  1. With little flesh or fat; thin; spare
  2. (--- Chemistry) Lacking in combustible material:
  3. Not fleshy or fat; thin.

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• lanky

  1. Tall and lean, or long and slender
  2. (Informal) Somewhat lank; tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.
  3. Tall, thin, and often ungainly.

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  1. Tall and lean, or long and slender
  2. (Informal) Somewhat lank; tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.
  3. Tall, thin, and often ungainly.

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• lank

  1. Hanging straight and limp; not curly
  2. Long, straight, and limp:
  3. Slender or lean

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  1. Hanging straight and limp; not curly
  2. Long, straight, and limp:
  3. Slender or lean

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• gaunt

  1. Looking grim, forbidding, or desolate
  2. Thin and bony; hollow-eyed and haggard, as from great hunger or age; emaciated
  3. Thin or emaciated:

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  1. Looking grim, forbidding, or desolate
  2. Thin and bony; hollow-eyed and haggard, as from great hunger or age; emaciated
  3. Thin or emaciated:

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• fleshless

  1. Without flesh, lacking flesh.

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  1. Without flesh, lacking flesh.

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• bony

  1. Full of bones:
  2. Lean; scrawny.
  3. Thin; emaciated

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  1. Full of bones:
  2. Lean; scrawny.
  3. Thin; emaciated

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• angular

  1. Rigid, stiff, and unyielding in character or disposition:
  2. Lacking grace or smoothness; awkward:
  3. Bony and lean; gaunt:

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  1. Rigid, stiff, and unyielding in character or disposition:
  2. Lacking grace or smoothness; awkward:
  3. Bony and lean; gaunt:

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Characterized by an economy of artistic expression

• tight

  1. Experiencing a feeling of constriction:
  2. Stretched or drawn out fully:
  3. Barely profitable:

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  1. Experiencing a feeling of constriction:
  2. Stretched or drawn out fully:
  3. Barely profitable:

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• lean

  1. Not fleshy or fat; thin.
  2. Containing little excess or waste; spare:
  3. (--- Chemistry) Lacking in combustible material:

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  1. Not fleshy or fat; thin.
  2. Containing little excess or waste; spare:
  3. (--- Chemistry) Lacking in combustible material:

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Extra

• additional

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• supernumerary

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• superfluous

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Thin

• slender

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• lanky

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• lean

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Scanty

• frugal

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• thin

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• meager

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