Synonyms of spared

spared

verb

past tense of spare

1

as in preserved

to use or give out in stingy amounts

I'll have a banana split—and don't spare the whipped cream

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preserved
• conserved
• scanted
• nursed
• skimped (on)
• stinted (on)
• doled out
• shortchanged
• rationed (out)
• meted (out)
• pinched
• portioned (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poured
• rained
• heaped
• showered
• lavished

2

as in saved

to avoid unnecessary waste or expense

she had grown up during the Great Depression, so she was no stranger to sparing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saved
• conserved
• skimped
• economized
• managed
• preserved
• scrimped
• pinched
• pinched pennies
• scraped
• maintained
• husbanded
• cut down
• hoarded
• retrenched
• cut back
• laid up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wasted
• spent
• lavished
• dissipated
• squandered
• blew
• ran through
• threw away
• misspent
• frittered (away)
• splurged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spared

Jurors spared them the death penalty, but both are serving life sentences with no possibility of parole. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

Jelly Mules Volume is everywhere this season—in dresses, pants, and skirts, nothing is spared. — Michel Mejía, Glamour, 10 July 2026

Despite Muscat’s more neutral foreign policy and longstanding cordial relations with Iran, it was not spared attacks from Tehran during the war. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Sobell was convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage and sentenced to 30 years in prison (he was spared the death penalty because no evidence tied him to sharing atomic secrets). — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

An infusion of new federal housing funds has spared about 4,200 formerly homeless Angelenos from losing their rent subsidies in December, averting a looming wave of evictions. — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

No area of the brain was spared from the shrinkage, but the change was especially pronounced in the optic lobes and the optic tract—the bundles of nerves that carry visual signals to the brain—with reductions of 52% and 62% respectively. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2026

Which world regions should be spared at the expense of others? — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 8 July 2026

LeRoy Collins, governor from 1955 through 1960, carried out 29 executions but spared nine people, nearly one-fourth of those whose cases came to his desk. — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2026