| Main Entry: | spare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do or manage without |
Synonyms: |
afford, allow, bestow, dispense with, give, grant, part with, pinch, provide, put by, relinquish, salt away, save, scrape, scrimp, short, skimp, stint, supply |
Antonyms: |
need |
| Main Entry: | spare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forgive; have mercy upon |
Synonyms: |
absolve, bail out, be lenient, be merciful, discharge, dispense, excuse, exempt, forbear, get off the hook, get out of hock, give a break, give quarter to, go easy on, leave, let go, let off, pardon, pity, privilege from, pull out of the fire, refrain from, release, relent, relieve from, save bacon, save from, save neck, spring |
| Main Entry: | sparing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, economical |
Synonyms: |
avaricious, canny, chary, close, cost-conscious, frugal, humane, mean, money-conscious, parsimonious, provident, prudent, saving, stewardly, stingy, thrifty, tight, tight-fisted, tolerant, ungiving, unwasteful, wary |
Antonyms: |
careless, lavish, spendthrift, uncareful |
| Main Entry: | absolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free from responsibility, duty |
Synonyms: |
acquit, bleach, blink at, clear, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, go easy on, launder, let off easy, let off the hook, let off, let up on, liberate, lifeboat, loose, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize, set free, spare, spring*, vindicate, whitewash, wink at, wipe it off, wipe the slate clean, write off |
| Notes: | one is absolved of blame or responsibility but is acquitted of a charge, usually a crime |
Antonyms: |
bind, blame, charge, condemn, convict, hold, impeach, incriminate, obligate, punish, sentence |
| Main Entry: | abstemious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restraining behavior or appetite |
Synonyms: |
abstinent, ascetic, austere, continent, frugal, moderate, moderating, restrained, self-denying, self-restrained, sober, sparing, temperate |
Antonyms: |
gluttonous, greedy, hungry |
| Main Entry: | afford |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | able to have or do; within financial means |
Synonyms: |
allow, be able to, be disposed to, bear, have enough for, have the means for, incur, manage, spare, stand, support, sustain |
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set aside |
Synonyms: |
admeasure, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deduct, give, grant, lot, mete, provide, remit, spare |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | chary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, cautious |
Synonyms: |
cagey, calculating, canny, circumspect, considerate, constrained, discreet, economical, fastidious, frugal, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, inhibited, leery, loath, miserly, particular, prudent, reluctant, restrained, safe, scrupulous, sparing, stingy, suspicious, thrifty, uneasy, wary, watchful |
Antonyms: |
careless, hasty, heedless, incautious, rash, uncareful, willing |
| Main Entry: | compassionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having tender feelings |
Synonyms: |
all heart, being big, benevolent, bleeding heart, charitable, commiserative, forbearing, going easy on, humane, humanitarian, indulgent, kindhearted, kindly, lenient, living with, merciful, old softie, piteous, pitying, responsive, soft shell, softhearted, sparing, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, understanding, warm, warmhearted |
Antonyms: |
cruel, hard, harsh, hateful, indifferent, mean, merciless, tyrannous |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss from responsibility |
Synonyms: |
absolve, ax, boot out, bounce, bump, bust, can*, cashier, disburden, discard, disencumber, dispense, displace, eject, excuse, exempt, expel, fire, freeze out, give one notice, kick out, lay off, let go, let off, let one go, let out, lock out, nix, oust, privilege from, relieve, remove, replace, ride out on rail, run out of town, show the door, spare, supersede, supplant, terminate, unload |
Antonyms: |
assign, delegate, employ, engage, hire |