sparing as an adjective: - 1
sparing
adjective
1 sparing
Avoiding waste:
— A sparing father and a spending son.
— Sparing in their use of heat and light.
synonyms: economical, frugal, scotch, stinting.
Roget 32:
small,
little;
diminutive
etc.
(small in size)
193;
minute;
fine;
inconsiderable,
paltry
etc.
(unimportant)
643;
faint
etc.
(weak)
160;
slender,
light,
slight,
scanty,
scant,
limited;
meager
etc.
(insufficient)
640;
sparing;
few
etc.
103;
low,
so-so,
middling,
tolerable,
no great shakes;
below par,
under par,
below the mark;
at a low ebb;
halfway;
moderate,
modest;
tender,
subtle.
inappreciable,
evanescent,
infinitesimal,
homeopathic,
very small;
atomic,
corpuscular,
microscopic,
molecular,
subatomic.
mere,
simple,
sheer,
stark,
bare;
near run.
dull,
petty,
shallow,
stolid,
ungifted,
unintelligent.
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Roget 953:
temperate,
moderate,
sober,
frugal,
sparing;
abstemious,
abstinent;
within compass;
measured
etc.
(sufficient)
639.
on the wagon,
on the water wagon.
[Locations where alcoholic beverages are prohibited]
dry.
Pythagorean;
vegetarian;
teetotal.
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Roget 819:
parsimonious,
penurious,
stingy,
miserly,
mean,
shabby,
peddling,
scrubby,
penny wise,
near,
niggardly,
close;
fast handed,
close handed,
strait handed;
close fisted,
hard fisted,
tight fisted;
tight,
sparing;
chary;
grudging,
griping
etc.
v.;
illiberal,
ungenerous,
churlish,
hidebound,
sordid,
mercenary,
venal,
covetous,
usurious,
avaricious,
greedy,
extortionate,
rapacious.
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Roget 640:
insufficient,
inadequate;
too little
etc.
32;
not enough
etc.
639;
unequal to;
incompetent
etc.
(impotent)
158;
weighed in the balance and found wanting;"
perfunctory
etc.
(neglect)
460;
deficient
etc.
(incomplete)
53;
wanting,
etc.
v.;
imperfect
etc.
651;
ill-furnished,
ill-provided,
ill-stored,
ill-off.
slack,
at a low ebb;
empty,
vacant,
bare;
short of,
out of,
destitute of,
devoid of,
bereft of
etc.
789;
denuded of;
dry,
drained.
unprovided,
unsupplied†,
unfurnished;
unreplenished,
unfed†;
unstored†,
untreasured†;
empty-handed.
meager,
poor,
thin,
scrimp,
sparing,
spare,
stinted;
starved,
starving;
halfstarved,
famine-stricken,
famished;
jejune.
scant
etc.
(small)
32;
scarce;
not to be had,
not to be had for love or money,
not to be had at any price;
scurvy;
stingy
etc.
819;
at the end of one's tether;
without resources
etc.
632;
in want
etc.
(poor)
804;
in debt
etc.
806.
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Roget 817:
economical,
frugal,
careful,
thrifty,
saving,
chary,
spare,
sparing;
parsimonious
etc.
819.
underpaid.
Polish: oszczędny, ekonomiczny
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