- 2. Forbear, refrain, be scrupulous.
- 3. Be lenient, be merciful, be tender, forgive.
Spare, a.
- 1. Scanty, sparing, frugal, stinted.
- 2. Parsimonious, chary, sparing.
- 3. Lean, meagre, thin, poor, lank, gaunt, skinny, scraggy, raw-boned, emaciated.
- 4. Superfluous, supernumerary.
Spare hours, Spare time. Leisure, time to spare.
Sparing, a.
- 1. Scanty, little, scarce
- 2. Spare, abstemious, meagre, scanty.
- 3. Frugal, saving, chary, parsimonious, economical.
- 4. Merciful, compassionate, forgiving, lenient.
Sparingly, ad.
- 1. Frugally, parsimoniously.
- 2. Abstinently, moderately, temperately.
- 3. Seldom, infrequently, rarely.
- 4. Cautiously, tenderly.
Spark, n.
- 1. Sparkle, scintillation, particle of fire, scintilla.
- 2. Germ, element, active principle, seed, beginning.