spare
adjective
[ spɛː ]
• additional to what is required for ordinary use.
• "few people had spare cash for inessentials"
Similar:
extra,
supplementary,
additional,
second,
another,
alternative,
emergency,
reserve,
backup,
relief,
fallback,
substitute,
fresh,
auxiliary,
ancillary,
alternate,
surplus,
surplus to requirements,
superfluous,
too much/many,
supernumerary,
excessive,
in excess,
going begging,
redundant,
not required,
unnecessary,
inessential,
unessential,
needless,
unneeded,
uncalled for,
dispensable,
disposable,
expendable,
unwanted,
useless,
de trop,
• with no excess fat; thin.
• "a spare, bearded figure"
Similar:
slender,
lean,
willowy,
sylphlike,
svelte,
lissom,
graceful,
snake-hipped,
rangy,
clean-limbed,
trim,
slight,
slightly built,
without an ounce of fat,
thin,
as thin as a reed,
skinny,
size-zero,
gaunt,
attenuated,
lanky,
spindly,
skin and bone,
gracile,
attenuate,
• elegantly simple.
• "her clothes are smart and spare in style"
spare
noun
• an item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out.
• "the wheel's broken and it would be suicide to go on without a spare"
• (in tenpin bowling) an act of knocking down all the pins with two balls.
spare
verb
• give (something of which one has enough) to (someone).
• "she asked if I could spare her a bob or two"
Similar:
afford,
do without,
manage without,
get along without,
dispense with,
part with,
give,
let someone have,
provide,
• refrain from killing, injuring, or distressing.
• "there was no way the men would spare her"
Similar:
not harm,
leave uninjured,
leave unhurt,
be merciful to,
show mercy to,
have mercy on,
be lenient to,
deal leniently with,
have pity on,
pardon,
grant a pardon to,
excuse,
leave unpunished,
forgive,
reprieve,
release,
free,
let off,
amnesty,
go easy on,
• be frugal.
• "but some will spend, and some will spare"
Origin:
Old English spær ‘not plentiful, meagre’, sparian ‘refrain from injuring’, ‘refrain from using’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German sparen ‘to spare’.
to spare
• left over.
• "that turkey will feed ten people with some to spare"
Similar:
left over,
left,
over,
remaining,
unused,
unneeded,
not required,
still available,
surplus to requirements,
superfluous,
surplus,
extra,
going begging,
