English

Detailed Synonyms for spare in English

spare:

to spare verb (spares, spared, sparing)

  1. to spare
    to consider; to spare; to save
    • consider verb (considers, considered, considering)
    • spare verb (spares, spared, sparing)
    • save verb (saves, saved, saving)
  2. to spare
    to spare; to save; put money in the bank; to bank
  3. to spare
    to save; to spare; to economize; to moderate; to have left; to economise
    • save verb (saves, saved, saving)
    • spare verb (spares, spared, sparing)
    • economize verb, American (economizes, economized, economizing)
    • moderate verb (moderates, moderated, moderating)
    • have left verb (has left, had left, having left)
    • economise verb, British
  4. to spare
    – use frugally or carefully 1
    to spare
    – use frugally or carefully 1
    • spare verb (spares, spared, sparing)
  5. to spare
    – give up what is not strictly needed 1
    to spare; to give up; to part with; dispense with
    – give up what is not strictly needed 1
    • spare verb (spares, spared, sparing)
      • he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey1
    • give up verb (gives up, gave up, giving up)
    • part with verb (parts with, parted with, parting with)
  6. to spare
    – refrain from harming 1
    to spare; to save
    – refrain from harming 1
    • spare verb (spares, spared, sparing)
    • save verb (saves, saved, saving)
  7. to spare
    – save or relieve from an experience or action 1
    to spare
    – save or relieve from an experience or action 1
    • spare verb (spares, spared, sparing)
      • I'll spare you from having to apologize formally1

Conjugations for spare:

present
  1. spare
  2. spare
  3. spares
  4. spare
  5. spare
  6. spare
simple past
  1. spared
  2. spared
  3. spared
  4. spared
  5. spared
  6. spared
present perfect
  1. have spared
  2. have spared
  3. has spared
  4. have spared
  5. have spared
  6. have spared
past continuous
  1. was sparing
  2. were sparing
  3. was sparing
  4. were sparing
  5. were sparing
  6. were sparing
future
  1. shall spare
  2. will spare
  3. will spare
  4. shall spare
  5. will spare
  6. will spare
continuous present
  1. am sparing
  2. are sparing
  3. is sparing
  4. are sparing
  5. are sparing
  6. are sparing
subjunctive
  1. be spared
  2. be spared
  3. be spared
  4. be spared
  5. be spared
  6. be spared
diverse
  1. spare!
  2. let's spare!
  3. spared
  4. sparing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

spare [the ~] noun

  1. the spare
    the reserve; the spare; the spare part
  2. the spare
    – a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls 1
    the spare
    – a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls 1
  3. the spare
    – an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle 1
    the spare; the fifth wheel
    – an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle 1
  4. the spare
    – an extra component of a machine or other apparatus 1
    the spare; the spare part
    – an extra component of a machine or other apparatus 1

spare

  1. spare
  2. spare

spare adj

  1. spare
    – lacking embellishment or ornamentation 1
    plain; spare; bare; unornamented; unembellished
    – lacking embellishment or ornamentation 1
  2. spare
    – lacking in amplitude or quantity 1
    spare; bare; scanty
    – lacking in amplitude or quantity 1
    • spare adj
      • a spare diet1
    • bare adj
      • a bare livelihood1
    • scanty adj
      • a scanty harvest1
  3. spare
    – thin and fit 1
    spare; trim
    – thin and fit 1
    • spare adj
      • the spare figure of a marathon runner1
    • trim adj
      • a body kept trim by exercise1
  4. spare
    – more than is needed, desired, or required 1
    redundant; excess; spare; surplus; superfluous; extra; supernumerary; supererogatory
    – more than is needed, desired, or required 1
    • redundant adj
      • yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant1
      • skills made redundant by technological advance1
    • excess adj
      • trying to lose excess weight1
    • spare adj
      • sleeping in the spare room1
    • surplus adj
      • surplus cheese distributed to the needy1
    • superfluous adj
      • delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words1
    • extra adj
      • found some extra change lying on the dresser1
      • extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts1
    • supernumerary adj
      • supernumerary ornamentation1
      • extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts1
    • supererogatory adj
      • it was supererogatory of her to gloat1
  5. spare
    – kept in reserve especially for emergency use 1
    spare
    – kept in reserve especially for emergency use 1
    • spare adj
      • a spare tire1
      • spare parts1
  6. spare
    – not taken up by scheduled activities 1
    spare; free
    – not taken up by scheduled activities 1
    • spare adj
      • spare time on my hands1
    • free adj
      • a free hour between classes1

Related Words for "spare":

  • spareness, sparing, spares, sparest, sparely

Alternate Synonyms for "spare":


Related Definitions for "spare":

  1. lacking embellishment or ornamentation1
  2. lacking in amplitude or quantity1
    • a spare diet1
  3. thin and fit1
    • the spare figure of a marathon runner1
  4. more than is needed, desired, or required1
    • sleeping in the spare room1
  5. kept in reserve especially for emergency use1
    • a spare tire1
    • spare parts1
  6. not taken up by scheduled activities1
    • spare time on my hands1
  7. a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls1
  8. an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle1
  9. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus1
  10. use frugally or carefully1
  11. give up what is not strictly needed1
    • he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey1
  12. refrain from harming1
  13. save or relieve from an experience or action1
    • I'll spare you from having to apologize formally1

Related Synonyms for spare