spare
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
Types & categories
- constituent hypernym
Sense 2 verb
refrain from harming
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- sparer derivation
Sense 3 adjective
thin and fit
the spare figure of a marathon runner
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
Types & categories
- car wheel hypernym
Sense 5 verb
save or relieve from an experience or action
I'll spare you from having to apologize formally
Types & categories
- exempt hypernym
Sense 6 adjective
more than is needed, desired, or required
trying to lose excess weight
Related & opposite
- redundancy derivation
- overplus derivation
- redundance derivation
- redundancy derivation
- redundancy derivation
- supernumerary derivation
- unnecessary similar to
Sense 7 noun
a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
Types & categories
- score hypernym
Sense 8 verb
give up what is not strictly needed
he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey
Types & categories
- give hypernym
Sense 9 adjective
not taken up by scheduled activities
a free hour between classes
Related & opposite
- unoccupied similar to
Sense 10 verb
use frugally or carefully
Types & categories
- expend hypernym
Sense 11 adjective
kept in reserve especially for emergency use
a reserve supply of food
Related & opposite
- unnecessary similar to
Sense 12 adjective
lacking in amplitude or quantity
a bare livelihood
Related & opposite
Sense 13 adjective
lacking embellishment or ornamentation
a plain hair style
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | constituent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | refrain |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | favour |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spareness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | trim |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | lean |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | car wheel |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | exempt |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | redundancy |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | overplus |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | redundance |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | redundancy |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | redundancy |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | supernumerary |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | unnecessary |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | score |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | give |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | unoccupied |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | expend |
| 11 | similar to | Related & opposite | unnecessary |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | leanness |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | spareness |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | meager |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | plainness |
| 13 | similar to | Related & opposite | unadorned |