sparing

adj. economical, thrifty, frugal; meager, limited; lenient

v. be lenient with, handle gently; free from, release, save from; refrain from; save, conserve, use frugally; allow, grant, give; omit

Adjective
1. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
(synonym) economical, frugal, scotch, stinting
(similar) thrifty
(classification) colloquialism

Noun
1. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
(synonym) spare part
(hypernym) component, constituent, element
2. an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
(synonym) fifth wheel
(hypernym) car wheel
3. a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
(hypernym) score
Verb
1. refrain from harming
(synonym) save
(hypernym) refrain, forbear
(hyponym) favor, favour
(derivation) sparer
2. save or relieve from an experience or action; "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"
(hypernym) exempt, relieve, free
3. give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
(synonym) give up, part with, dispense with
(hypernym) give
4. use frugally or carefully
(hypernym) use, expend
Adjective
1. thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
(synonym) trim
(similar) thin, lean
2. 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"
(synonym) excess, extra, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
(similar) unnecessary, unneeded
3. just sufficient; "the library had a spare but efficient look"
(similar) sufficient
4. not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
(synonym) free
(similar) unoccupied
5. kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
(synonym) reserve(a)
(similar) unnecessary, unneeded
6. lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
(synonym) bare(a), scanty
(similar) meager, meagre, meagerly

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spare
  

(a.)
Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.
  

     parings

Synonyms and related words:
Lenten, Scotch, Spartan, absolution, abstemious, amnesty, ascetic, austere, benevolent, canny, careful, chary, cheap, cheeseparing, close, conciliatory, conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cutback, dwarfed, dwarfish, economic, economical, economization, economizing, exculpation, excuse, exemption, exiguous, exoneration, forbearing, forehanded, forgiving, frugal, frugal to excess, generous, grace, immunity, impoverished, indemnity, jejune, kind, labor-saving, lean, limited, long-suffering, longanimous, low growth rate, magnanimous, meager, mean, measured, mingy, miserly, moderate, money-saving, narrow, niggardly, overfrugal, paltry, pardon, parsimonious, patient, penny-pinching, penny-wise, penny-wise and pound-foolish, penurious, placable, poor, provident, prudent, prudential, puny, redemption, reduction of expenses, reduction of spending, remission, remission of sin, reprieve, restrained, retrenchment, saving, scamping, scant, scanty, scraping, scrawny, scrimp, scrimping, scrimpy, shrift, skimp, skimping, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, slowdown, small, sober, spare, sparse, starvation, stingy, stinted, stinting, straitened, stunted, subsistence, temperate, thin, thrifty, tight, tight-fisted, tightfisted, time-saving, tolerant, too frugal, ungiving, unnourishing, unnutritious, unresentful, unrevengeful, unwasteful, wary, watered, watery