Synonyms of unsparing

unsparing

adjective

ˌən-ˈsper-iŋ 

1

as in generous

giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation

neighbors were unsparing in their charity when a local family was rendered homeless by a fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• generous
• charitable
• unstinting
• liberal
• benevolent
• unselfish
• munificent
• fulsome
• bountiful
• bounteous
• handsome
• bighearted
• compassionate
• openhanded
• open
• kind
• lavish
• free
• hospitable
• extravagant
• humanitarian
• profuse
• freehanded
• philanthropic
• kindly
• sympathetic
• overgenerous
• freehearted
• altruistic
• beneficent
• magnanimous
• openhearted
• big
• good-hearted
• largehearted
• greathearted
• samaritan

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ungenerous
• parsimonious
• uncharitable
• selfish
• miserly
• close
• small
• tight
• penurious
• stingy
• cheap
• costive
• tightfisted
• petty
• illiberal
• sparing
• spare
• mean
• frugal
• thrifty
• chary
• stinting
• mingy
• avaricious
• closefisted
• desirous
• rapacious
• covetous
• acquisitive
• grudging
• mercenary
• avid
• envious
• itchy
• resentful
• grasping
• begrudging
• stinting
• hoggish
• coveting

2

as in ruthless

having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings

unsparing in his criticism of the welfare state

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruthless
• merciless
• stony
• pitiless
• hard
• harsh
• brutal
• stern
• unmerciful
• abusive
• grim
• oppressive
• callous
• cruel
• tough
• uncharitable
• inhuman
• remorseless
• take-no-prisoners
• heartless
• obdurate
• unsympathetic
• inhumane
• compassionless
• hard-hearted
• malicious
• insensitive
• hateful
• vicious
• affectless
• unfeeling
• thick-skinned
• slash-and-burn
• indurate
• severe
• soulless
• insensate
• hard-boiled
• cold-blooded
• savage
• pachydermatous
• desensitized
• case-hardened
• ungentle
• rough
• heedless
• thoughtless
• unthinking
• ironhearted
• uncaring
• stonyhearted
• unloving
• mean
• spiteful
• inconsiderate
• disagreeable
• boorish
• unfriendly
• virulent
• acrimonious
• heavy-handed
• rough-and-tumble
• malevolent
• ill-natured
• rancorous
• cold
• barbarous
• ironfisted
• bestial
• hard-bitten
• sledgehammer
• brutish
• surly
• austere
• ironhanded
• jackbooted
• evil-minded
• ill-tempered
• frosty
• knock-down, drag-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sympathetic
• sensitive
• warm
• humane
• compassionate
• merciful
• charitable
• gentle
• kindly
• kind
• benevolent
• mild
• tender
• lenient
• warmhearted
• indulgent
• kindhearted
• gracious
• tenderhearted
• friendly
• softhearted
• benignant
• cordial
• affectionate
• loving
• good-natured
• tolerant
• understanding
• clement
• fond
• good-tempered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unsparing

Lynn, who wrote the play before COVID delayed its path to the West End, is characteristically unsparing about the state of satire on both sides of the Atlantic. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026

White, who presided over the cases involving 11 Antioch and three Pittsburg now-former police officers, was unsparing while telling Rombough his fate. —Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026

Every Brilliant Thing is unsparing and clear-eyed in its presentation of the realities of depression and suicide, yet glows with a hopeful, life-affirming aura that convincingly depicts the value of struggle, and the beauty in tenacity. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026

Grimes’s narrative is raw and unsparing, laying bare not only relentless physical violence but also psychological trauma with no time or refuge to heal. —Regina E. Mason, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026