Related Words for spare

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WordSyllablesCategories
scanty
/x
Adjective, Adjective
bare
/
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
meager
/x
Verb, Adjective, Verb
thin
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
superfluous
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
redundant
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
excess
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
surplus
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
sufficient
x/x
Verb, Adjective
extra
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
lean
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Noun
trim
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
supernumerary
xx/xxx
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
reserve
x/
Noun, Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Verb, Noun
unnecessary
x/xxx
Noun, Adjective
unneeded
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
unoccupied
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
free
/
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
meagre
/x
Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
dispense with
x//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
fifth wheel
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
give up
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb, Adjective
part with
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
plenty
/x
Noun
spend
/
Verb
needing
/x
Verb
rest
/
Noun
ample
/x
Adjective
enough
x/
Adjective
waste
/
Noun
squeeze
/
Noun
allotted
x/x
Verb
precious
/x
Adjective
borrow
/x
Verb
unused
x/
Adjective
additional
x/xx
Adjective
dedicate
/xx
Verb
devote
x/
Verb
squander
/x
Verb
money
/x
Noun
full
/
Adjective
carry
/x
Verb
lose
/
Verb
give
/
Verb
furnish
/x
Verb
cash
/
Noun
steal
/
Verb
leave
/
Verb
space
/
Noun
take
/
Verb
donate
/x
Verb
stow
/
Name
afford
x/
Verb
dispose
x/
Verb
allocate
/xx
Verb
grab
/
Noun
fill
/
Verb
expense
x/
Noun
consolation
xx/x
Noun
time
/
Noun
loose
/
Adjective
send
/
Verb
expend
x/
Verb
haul
/
Noun
occupy
/xx
Verb
snatch
/
Noun
procure
x/
Verb
relinquish
x/x
Verb
conserve
x/
Verb
leftover
/xx
Adjective
swapping
/x
Noun
supply
x/
Noun
sacrificing
/xxx
Verb
indulge
x/
Verb
complete
x/
Adjective
forgo
x/
Verb
recover
x/x
Verb
replenish
x/x
Verb
fitting
/x
Noun
bring
/
Verb
room
/
Noun
begging
/x
Noun
replace
x/
Verb
remaining
x/x
Verb
hang
/
Verb
scrap
/
Noun
forfeit
/x
Verb
pennies
/x
Noun
scant
/
Adjective
toss
/
Noun
share
/
Noun
lend
/
Verb
little
/x
Adjective
invest
x/
Noun
dump
/
Noun
shed
/
Verb
some
/
Adverb
suitable
/xx
Adjective
salvage
/x
Noun
break
/
Noun
drive
/
Noun
pair
/
Noun
unload
x/
Verb
worth
/
Noun
throw
/
Verb
short
/
Adjective
crammed
/
Verb
breather
/x
Noun
have
/
Verb
pity
/x
Noun
waiting
/x
Verb
shred
/
Noun
outlay
/x
Noun
needful
/x
Adjective
hurry
/x
Noun
stingy
/x
Adjective
scare
/
Noun
skimpy
/x
Adjective
scarce
/
Adjective
rare
/
Adjective
few and far between
///x/
Phrase, Adjective
poor
/
Adjective
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
lacking
/x
Verb
measly
/x
Adjective
scald
/
Noun
pitiful
/xx
Adjective
tight
/
Adjective
needy
/x
Adjective
light
/
Noun
rudimentary
xx/xx
Adjective
hungry
/x
Adjective
inexact
xx/
Adjective
woeful
/x
Adjective
ungenerous
x/xx
Adjective
vague
/
Adjective
underused
xx/
Adjective
small
/
Adjective
bankrupt
/x
Adjective
strait
/
Noun
minimum
/xx
Verb
nat
/
Verb
tire
/x
Noun
tyre
/
Noun
spars
/
Noun
bedroom
/x
Noun
fuses
/x
Noun
ammo
/x
Noun
oars
/
Noun
flints
/
Noun
parts
/
Noun
aircraft
/x
Noun
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
alternative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
amateur
/xx
Adjective, Noun
another
x/x
Noun
artefacts
/x/
Noun
assorted
x/x
Adjective
available
x/xx
Adjective
avert
x/
Verb
avoid
x/
Verb
backup
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
beheading
x/x
Noun
bowling
/x
Noun
change
/
Noun, Verb
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
contingency
x/xx
Noun
conversion
x/x
Noun
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
discrete
x/
Adjective
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
edition
x/x
Noun
embarrass
x/x
Verb, Noun
exchange
x/
Noun, Verb
excised
/x
Verb
exempt
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
exert
x/
Verb
fallback
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
favor
/x
Noun, Verb
forgive
x/
Verb
homed
/
Verb, Adjective
idle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
leisure
/x
Noun
make
/
Verb, Noun
mutilated
/xxx
Adjective
needless
/x
Adjective, Adverb
nil
/
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
oversized
/xx
Adjective
paper
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
piece
/
Noun, Verb
presentable
x/xx
Adjective
preserve
x/
Verb, Noun
prevent
x/
Verb
proportioned
x/x
Adjective
protect
x/
Verb
quietest
/xx
Adjective
reinstatement
xx/x
Noun
replacement
x/x
Noun
reservation
xx/x
Noun
residual
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
rib
/
Noun, Verb
rid
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
safeguard
/x
Verb, Noun
serviceable
/xxx
Adjective
severance
/xx
Noun
severing
/xx
Noun
sinewy
/xx
Adjective
slack
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
standby
//
Noun, Verb
stern
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
strike
/
Noun, Verb
substitute
/xx
Noun, Verb
surrogate
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
twice
/
Adverb
unexpended
xx/x
Adjective
unspent
x/
Adjective
vacate
/x
Verb
worn
/
Adjective
zero
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb