Sparing Synonyms and Antonyms

spârĭng
Merciful
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. frugal
  2. economical
  3. compassionate
  4. careful
  5. thrifty
  6. chary
  7. prudent
  8. saving
  9. scotch
  10. canny
  11. mild
  12. forbearing
  13. provident
  14. indulgent
  15. lenient
  16. meager
  17. merciful
  18. parsimonious
  19. tolerant
  20. scant
  21. scanty
  22. scarce
  23. stingy
  24. tightfisted
  25. stinting
Niggardly
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. close
  2. tight
  3. avaricious
Antonyms:
  1. uncareful
  2. extravagant
  3. careless
  4. spendthrift
  5. lavish
To free from an obligation or duty
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. relieving
  2. exempting
  3. excusing
  4. dispensing
  5. discharging
  6. absolving
To treat with inordinate gentleness and care
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. favoring

Sparing Sentence Examples

  • Will you consider sparing the rest of the Immortals, master?

  • Franklin's advocacy of vegetarianism, of sparing and simple diet, and of temperance in the use of liquors, and of proper ventilation has already been referred to.

  • Unfortunately, it is very sparing of details.

  • The individuality of great authors is thus dissipated except when it has been preserved by an occasional sacrifice of the arrangement - and this defect, if it is to be esteemed a defect, is increased by the very sparing references to personal history and character with which Hallam was obliged to content himself.

  • Upon the outbreak of the Prussian Kulturkampf the Left had pressed the Right to introduce an Italian counterpart to the Prussian May laws, especially as the attitude of Thiers and the hostility of the French Clericals obviated the need for sparing French susceptibilities.

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