Meanings
comparative more sparing · superlative most sparing
- Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.
Synonyms: abstemious, canny, chary, moderate, cheap, close with a buck, economic, economical
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of spare
plural sparings
- The act by which something or someone is spared.
The sparings of my frugality have, however, in a sufficient degree, augmented my originally scanty patrimony; […]
1830, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), The Manners of the Day, volume 2, page 322
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePrudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveavoiding waste
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian пестелив, икономичен
- пестелив (pesteliv)prudent and restrained in the use of resources
- икономичен (ikonomičen)prudent and restrained in the use of resources
Czech šetrný, střídmý
- šetrnýprudent and restrained in the use of resources
- střídmýprudent and restrained in the use of resources
- šetřícíprudent and restrained in the use of resources
Latin parcus
- parcusprudent and restrained in the use of resources
Polish oszczędny
- oszczędnyprudent and restrained in the use of resources
Spanish parco, frugal
- parcoprudent and restrained in the use of resources
- frugalprudent and restrained in the use of resources
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
sparing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparing
“sparing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sparing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sparing.
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