- spare, trim - thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
Antonym: fat (indirect, via thin)
- excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus - 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"
Antonym: necessary (indirect, via unnecessary)
- spare - just sufficient; "the library had a spare but efficient look"
Antonyms: insufficient, deficient (indirect, via sufficient)
- spare, free - not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
Antonym: occupied (indirect, via unoccupied)
- reserve, spare - kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
Antonym: necessary (indirect, via unnecessary)
- bare, scanty, spare - lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
Antonym: ample (indirect, via meager)
- spare part, spare - an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
--1 is a kind of component, constituent, element
- fifth wheel, spare - an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
--2 is a kind of car wheel
- spare - a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
--3 is a kind of score
- spare, save - refrain from harming
--1 is one way to refrain, forbear
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun sparer1
They spare him from writing the letter
- spare - save or relieve from an experience or action; "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"
--2 is one way to exempt, relieve, free
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- spare, give up, part with, dispense with - give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
--3 is one way to give
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- spare - use frugally or carefully
--4 is one way to use, expend
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- spare, give up, part with, dispense with - give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"