Another word for spare
spare
Synonyms
spare
modif.
Extra
superfluous, supernumerary, additional; see extra.
Thin
Scanty
meager, thin, frugal; see inadequate 1, scanty. See syn. study at scanty.
spare
Synonyms
spare
v.
something to spareWEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Another word for spare
To treat with inordinate gentleness and care:
favor. Idiom: handle (or treat) with kid gloves. See treat wellTo free from an obligation or duty:
absolve, discharge, dispense, excuse, exempt, let off, relieve. See freeTo use without wasting:
conserve, economize, save. See save
Being more than is needed, desired, or appropriate:
de trop, excess, extra, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus. See excessConspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent:
exiguous, meager, poor, puny, scant, scanty, skimpy, sparse, stingy, thin. (Slang) measly. See big, excessHaving little flesh or fat on the body:
angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean2, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, thin, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See fatCharacterized by an economy of artistic expression:
lean2, tight. See style
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