Synonyms of the word

spare

• adj. Scanty; not abundant or plentiful.
• adj. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
• adj. Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
• adj. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
• adj. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
• adj. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Slow.
• n. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
• n. Parsimony; frugal use.
• n. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
• n. That which has not been used or expended.
• n. A spare part, especially a spare tire.
• n. (bowling) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in…
• n. (bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins…
• n. (Canada) A block of school during which one does not have a class.
• v. To show mercy.
• v. To keep.
• v. (transitive) To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to…

bare

• adj. Minimal; that is or are just sufficient.
• adj. Naked, uncovered.
• adj. Having no supplies.
• adj. Having no decoration.
• adj. Having had what usually covers (something) removed.
• adj. (Britain, slang, not comparable) A lot or lots of.
• adj. With head uncovered; bareheaded.
• adj. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.
• adj. (figuratively) Mere; without embellishment.
• adj. Threadbare; much worn.
• adv. (Britain, slang) Very; significantly.
• adv. Barely.
• adv. Without a condom.
• n. (‘the bare’) the surface, the (bare) skin.
• n. Surface; body; substance.
• n. (architecture) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather.
• v. (transitive) To uncover; to reveal.
• v. (obsolete) simple past tense of bear.

component

• n. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part…
• adj. Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
• adj. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.

constituent

• adj. Being a part, or component of a whole.
• adj. Authorized to make a constitution.
• n. A part, or component of a whole.
• n. The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
• n. A resident of a place represented by an elected official.
• n. (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
• n. (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause.

element

• n. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution…
• n. A small part of the whole.
• n. (plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
• n. A place or state of being that an individual or object is better suited towards.
• n. (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
• n. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
• n. A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating…
• n. (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by a matching…

excess

• n. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity,…
• n. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.
• n. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance;…
• n. (geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds…
• n. (Britain, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.
• adj. More than is normal, necessary or specified.
• v. (US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given…

exempt

• adj. Free from a duty or obligation.
• adj. (of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
• adj. (obsolete) Cut off; set apart.
• adj. (obsolete) Extraordinary; exceptional.
• n. One who has been released from something.
• n. (historical) A type of French police officer.
• n. (Britain) One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
• v. (transitive) To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.

expend

• v. (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource).
• v. (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse.

extra

• adj. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
• adj. (dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
• adj. (Canada, US, slang) Over-the-top; going beyond what is normal or expected, often in a dramatic mannner.
• adv. (informal) To an extraordinary degree.
• n. (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball;…
• n. An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle.
• n. (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
• n. Something of an extra quality or grade.

forbear

• v. (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up.
• v. (intransitive) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
• v. (intransitive) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
• v. (intransitive) To control oneself when provoked.
• n. Alternative spelling of forebear.

free

• adj. (social) Unconstrained.
• adj. Obtainable without any payment.
• adj. (abstract) Unconstrained.
• adj. (physical) Unconstrained.
• adj. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
• adj. (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
• adj. (dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted…
• adj. (Britain, law, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
• adj. (law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
• adv. Without needing to pay.
• adv. (obsolete) Freely; willingly.
• v. (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or…
• n. (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
• n. free transfer.
• n. (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts…

give

• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or…
• v. (transitive, may take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
• v. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
• v. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
• v. (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
• v. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
• v. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
• v. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
• v. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
• v. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
• v. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
• v. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout,…
• v. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
• v. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
• v. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
• v. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
• v. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
• v. To be going on, to be occurring.
• n. (uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

lean

• v. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
• v. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc.
• v. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on, upon, or against.
• v. To hang outwards.
• v. To press against.
• n. (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
• adj. (of a person or animal) slim; not fleshy.
• adj. (of meat) having little fat.
• adj. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
• adj. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
• adj. (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed…
• adj. efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean…
• v. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or…
• v. To conceal.
• n. (slang) A recreational drug based on codeine laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community…

meager

• adj. Having little flesh; lean; thin.
• adj. Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
• adj. (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is…
• adj. (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
• v. (transitive) To make lean.

meagerly

• adv. In a meager way; poorly; inadequately.

meagre

• n. Argyrosomus regius, an edible fish of the family Sciaenidae.
• adj. Having little flesh; lean; thin.
• adj. Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
• adj. (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is…
• adj. (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
• v. (transitive) To make lean.

plain

• adj. (now rare, regional) Flat, level.
• adj. Simple.
• adj. Obvious.
• adj. Open.
• adj. Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
• adv. (colloquial) Simply.
• n. (rare, poetic) A lamentation.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To complain.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, now rare, poetic) To lament, bewail.
• n. An expanse of land with relatively low relief.
• n. A battlefield.
• n. (obsolete) A plane.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make plain or manifest; to explain.

redundant

• adj. Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
• adj. (of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
• adj. (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Australia) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed; as in "rendered…
• adj. Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the…

refrain

• v. (transitive, archaic) To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
• v. (reflexive, archaic) To show restraint; to hold oneself back.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb.
• v. (intransitive) To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain.
• v. (transitive, now rare, regional) To abstain from (food or drink).
• n. The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.
• n. A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.

relieve

• v. To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or…
• v. To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.
• v. To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
• v. To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
• v. (obsolete) To lift up; to raise again.
• v. (now rare) To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).
• v. (law) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
• v. To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
• v. To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
• v. (military, job) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
• v. (now rare) To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief.
• v. (reflexive) To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate.

save

• n. In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
• n. (baseball) When a relief pitcher comes into a game leading by 3 points (runs) or less, and his team wins…
• n. (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run…
• n. (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
• n. (role-playing games) A saving throw.
• v. (transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty.
• v. To put aside, to avoid.
• prep. Except; with the exception of.
• conj. (dated) unless; except.

scanty

• adj. Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
• adj. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

score

• n. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
• n. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of…
• n. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or…
• n. Twenty, 20 (number).
• n. A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
• n. A weight of twenty pounds.
• n. (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each…
• n. (music) The music of a movie or play.
• n. Subject.
• n. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
• n. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the…
• n. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
• n. (US, crime, slang) A robbery; a criminal act.
• n. (US, crime, slang) A bribe paid to a police officer.
• n. (US, crime, slang) An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
• n. (US, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
• n. (US, slang) A sexual conquest.
• v. (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
• v. (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To obtain something desired.
• v. (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
• interj. (US, slang) Acknowledgement of success.

stingy

• adj. Stinging; able to sting.
• adj. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
• adj. Small, scant, meager, insufficient.

supererogatory

• adj. Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is required, especially with reference to good works in…

superfluous

• adj. In excess of what is required or sufficient.

supernumerary

• n. A civil designation for somebody who works in a group, association or public office, without forming part…
• n. An extra or walk-on in a film or play; spear-carrier.
• n. An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.
• adj. Extra; beyond the standard or prescribed amount or number.
• adj. Greater in number than.
• adj. Beyond what is necessary.

surplus

• n. That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus.
• n. Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes…
• n. (law) The remainder of a fund appropriated for a particular purpose.
• n. (law) assets left after liabilities and debts, including capital stock have been deducted.
• adj. Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient.
• v. To treat as surplus to requirements, to sell off.

thin

• adj. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
• adj. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
• adj. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
• adj. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
• adj. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
• adj. (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head…
• adj. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
• adj. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
• n. (philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete…
• n. Any food produced or served in thin slices.
• v. (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
• v. (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
• v. To dilute.
• v. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
• adv. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

trim

• v. (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'…
• v. (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
• v. (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust pitch using trim tabs.
• v. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast;…
• v. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially…
• v. (dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.
• v. (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
• v. (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
• v. (transitive, dated) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
• n. (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
• n. (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
• n. Dress; gear; ornaments.
• n. (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
• n. (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse.
• n. (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast;…
• n. (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
• adj. Physically fit.
• adj. Slender, lean.
• adj. Neat or smart in appearance.
• adv. (nautical) In good order, properly managed or maintained.
• adv. (nautical) With sails well trimmed.

unadorned

• adj. Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple.

undecorated

• adj. Not possessing decorations.

unembellished

• adj. Plain, unadorned, or simple.

unnecessary

• adj. Not needed or necessary.
• adj. Done in addition to requirements; unrequired.

unneeded

• adj. Not needed.

unoccupied

• adj. (of a house etc) Not inhabited, especially by a tenant.
• adj. Not being used; vacant or free.
• adj. Not employed on a task; idle.
• adj. (of territory) Not occupied by foreign troops etc.

unornamented

• adj. Not ornamented; without ornament.

use

• n. The act of using.
• n. (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
• n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
• n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
• n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
• n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
• n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
• n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
• n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward…
• v. To accustom; to habituate.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To become accustomed (to), to accustom oneself (to).
• v. (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
• v. (transitive, often with up) To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing.
• v. (transitive) To exploit.
• v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
• v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
• v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
• v. (transitive, with auxiliary could) To need; to benefit from.
• v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.