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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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. spare part, sparenoun

   an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

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

   Synonyms:
   fifth wheel, 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 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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:
    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. Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, A Hundred Sayings:

   He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.

2. Ralph Northam:

   I could spare Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam from the difficult path that lies ahead. I could avoid an honest conversation about harmful actions from my past.

3. Christyan Malek:

   Look back at history. When we're in a scenario where the market goes,' Oh, s ***, we don't have spare capacity,' that's where you see overshoots.

4. Sir Walter Raleigh:

   Above all things, be not made an ass to carry the burdens of other men if any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou has to spare if he presses thee further, he is not thy friend at all.

5. Guillaume Perret:

   In a counter-intuitive way, the market is showing persistent tightness whereas coal demand is falling in most parts of the world, we think the current rally is overshooting, in a similar way as prices overshot on the way down in January 2016. It is not fueled by a genuine increase in demand but rather by a short- to medium-term delay for spare supply capacity to adjust to demand.

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