spare - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls

Synonyms

• spare

More generic

• score

Noun

an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle

Synonyms

• fifth wheel
• spare

More generic

• car wheel

Noun

an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

Synonyms

• spare
• spare part

More generic

• component
• constituent
• element

Verb

use frugally or carefully

Synonyms

• spare

More generic

• expend
• use

Verb

give up what is not strictly needed

Synonyms

• dispense with
• give up
• part with
• spare

More generic

• give

Verb

refrain from harming

Synonyms

• save
• spare

More generic

• forbear
• refrain

More specific

• favor
• favour

Verb

save or relieve from an experience or action

Synonyms

• spare

More generic

• exempt
• free
• relieve

Adjective

lacking embellishment or ornamentation

Synonyms

• bare
• plain
• spare
• unembellished
• unornamented

Related

• unadorned
• undecorated

Adjective

lacking in magnitude or quantity

Synonyms

• bare
• scanty
• spare

Related

• meager
• meagerly
• meagre
• scrimpy
• stingy

Adjective

thin and fit

Synonyms

• spare
• trim

Related

• lean
• thin

Adjective

more than is needed, desired, or required

Synonyms

• excess
• extra
• redundant
• spare
• supererogatory
• superfluous
• supernumerary
• surplus

Related

• unnecessary
• unneeded

Adjective

kept in reserve especially for emergency use

Synonyms

• spare

Related

• unnecessary
• unneeded

Adjective

not taken up by scheduled activities

Synonyms

• free
• spare

Related

• unoccupied

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