Antonyms for SPARE
spɛərspare

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1. spareverb

   Antonyms:
   spend, squander, waste, lavish, scatter, expend, pour, indulge, vent

   Synonyms:
   save, afford, grant, reserve, do without, husband, economize, retain, save, grudge, discard, omit, forbear, withhold, refrain, abstain

2. spareadjective

   Antonyms:
   ample, plentiful, abundant, profuse, liberal, unrestricted, generous, bountiful, unsparing, unstinted, unbounded, available, well-conditioned

   Synonyms:
   scanty, unplentiful, inabundant, meagre, economical, frugal, stinted, restricted, parsimonious, niggardly, chary, superfluous, disposable, available, lean, thin, ill-conditioned

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1. spare part, sparenoun

   an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

   Antonyms:
   necessary, ample, decorated, fat, adorned, occupied

   Synonyms:
   fifth wheel, spare, spare part

2. fifth wheel, sparenoun

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

   Antonyms:
   decorated, fat, occupied, ample, necessary, adorned

   Synonyms:
   deadwood, fifth wheel, spare, spare part

3. spareadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   fat, ample, necessary, decorated, occupied, adorned

   Synonyms:
   fifth wheel, spare part

4. spare, trimadjective

   thin and fit

   "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"

   Antonyms:
   occupied, ample, necessary, fat, decorated, adorned

   Synonyms:
   unembellished, surplus, supererogatory, well-kept, tailored, scanty, spare, unornamented, extra, free, plain, redundant, supernumerary, superfluous, excess, clean-cut, trim, bare(a), shipshape, bare, trig

5. excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplusadjective

   more than is needed, desired, or required

   "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

   Antonyms:
   fat, ample, adorned, decorated, necessary, occupied

   Synonyms:
   superfluous, senseless, surplus, unembellished, supererogatory, scanty, spare, otiose, wasted, pleonastic, unornamented, extra, free, plain, redundant, supernumerary, excess, purposeless, additional, tautological, special, tautologic, trim, bare(a), bare, pointless

6. spare, freeadjective

   not taken up by scheduled activities

   "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"

   Antonyms:
   adorned, ample, decorated, occupied, necessary, fat

   Synonyms:
   unembellished, gratis(p), surplus, supererogatory, detached, costless, scanty, complimentary, loose, unornamented, extra, free, devoid, plain, redundant, supernumerary, superfluous, destitute, barren, excess, spare, gratuitous, innocent, trim, bare(a), bare, liberal

7. spareadjective

   kept in reserve especially for emergency use

   "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"

   Antonyms:
   fat, necessary, ample, decorated, adorned, occupied

   Synonyms:
   excess, unornamented, plain, bare(a), superfluous, surplus, redundant, unembellished, free, supererogatory, bare, scanty, supernumerary, extra, trim

8. bare(a), scanty, spareadjective

   lacking in amplitude or quantity

   "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"

   Antonyms:
   necessary, fat, ample, occupied, decorated, adorned

9. plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamentedverb

   lacking embellishment or ornamentation

   "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"

   Antonyms:
   decorated, necessary, ample, fat, adorned, occupied

   Synonyms:
   evident, spare, bare(a), unpatterned, supernumerary, unmixed, bleak, redundant, unornamented, superfluous, free, au naturel(p), bare, patent, surplus, stark, excess, simple(a), homely, trim, unmingled, stripped, desolate, supererogatory, mere(a), unvarnished, extra, sheer, apparent, plain, nude, unsheathed, unfinished, barren, manifest, scanty, naked, marginal, unembellished, unmistakable

10. spare, saveverb

    refrain from harming

    Antonyms:
    necessary, ample, occupied, adorned, fat, decorated

    Synonyms:
    save up, relieve, deliver, keep open, bring through, keep, spare, redeem, economize, dispense with, part with, salve, salvage, carry through, give up, pull through, lay aside, write, make unnecessary, hold open, preserve, save, economise

11. spareverb

    save or relieve from an experience or action

    "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"

    Antonyms:
    fat, adorned, occupied, necessary, ample, decorated

    Synonyms:
    give up, save, part with, dispense with

12. spare, give up, part with, dispense withverb

    give up what is not strictly needed

    "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"

    Antonyms:
    fat, decorated, necessary, ample, occupied, adorned

    Synonyms:
    spare, allow, abandon, forfeit, vacate, release, give up, resign, save, forgo, kick, throw in, surrender, part with, fall by the wayside, lay off, waive, throw overboard, dispense with, cede, stop, relinquish, throw in the towel, deliver, cease, chuck up the sponge, renounce, discontinue, drop out, free, drop by the wayside, forego, quit, foreswear

13. spareverb

    use frugally or carefully

    Antonyms:
    necessary, decorated, occupied, adorned, ample, fat

    Synonyms:
    give up, save, part with, dispense with

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1. spareadjective

   Synonyms:
   thin, lean, poor, gaunt, meager, lank, superfluous

2. spareverb

   Synonyms:
   forbear, refrain, be merciful

How to use SPARE in a sentence?

1. Sangeeta Bhatia:

   Right now when patients come in with liver failure, you have to transplant them because you don’t know if they’re going to recover on their own. But if we knew who had a robust regenerative response, and if we just needed to stabilize them for a little while, we could spare those patients from transplant.

2. Christen kuikoua:

   War is approaching, its presence imminent—a divine instruction, a call to arms. In the face of this looming threat, the fervent call echoes: Pray, pray, and pray again, for in prayer lies the shield that may spare you from the grasp of death.

3. The IEA:

   This surplus crude provides some relief, with OPEC's spare production buffer stretched thin as Saudi Arabia - which holds the lion's share of excess capacity - and its Gulf neighbours pump at near record rates, the shock absorber provided by oil stocks is no longer restricted to just crude. As refineries ran flat out to meet soaring demand for gasoline in top consumers the United States and China, distillate inventories ballooned as a consequence.

4. Barack Obama:

   On behalf of the American people, I offer my deepest condolences to Luke’s family and to his loved ones, as this and previous hostage rescue operations demonstrate, the United States will spare no effort to use all of its military, intelligence and diplomatic capabilities to bring Americans home safely, wherever they are located. .

5. Jon Davis:

   I believe that we'll be OK, but I want to take a look if we are short on spare parts, i know we're going to need more than we have. I think there's risk there, and I wanted to lay out exactly what that risk is.

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