spare
About 9.67 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Extra. Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
I have no spare time.
- adjective Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
I have no spare time.
- adjective Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
a spare anchor; a spare wheel or tyre
- adjective Not occupied or in current use.
We could rent out the spare room.
- adjective Not plentiful. Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
a spare diet
- adjective Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
a spare diet
- adjective Austere, stripped down, without what is extraneous.
- adjective Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
Similar words
scanty meagerly meager bare thin trim redundant unoccupied dispense with unneeded
Often followed by
time the parts me him for a no you
Word family
spareable spared sparely spareness sparenesses sparer sparers spares sparest sparing
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