All sparing synonyms
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S s adjective sparing
- niggard — an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.
- niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- merciful — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- wary — watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
- humouring — humor.
- forgiving — disposed to forgive; indicating forgiveness: a forgiving soul; a forgiving smile.
adj sparing
- frugal — economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks. Synonyms: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, Scotch, penny-pinching. Antonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, prodigal, profligate.
- abstemious — Someone who is abstemious avoids doing too much of something enjoyable such as eating or drinking.
- live with — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- ironfisted — ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
- abstinent — forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
- dried-up — depleted of water or moisture; gone dry: a dried-up water hole.
- compassionate — If you describe someone or something as compassionate, you mean that they feel or show pity, sympathy, and understanding for people who are suffering.
- assuasive — soothing; allaying
- mingy — mean and stingy; niggardly.
- chary — If you are chary of doing something, you are fairly cautious about doing it.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- incommunicable — incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
- incommunicative — not communicative; reserved; uncommunicative.
- lenient — agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- anti-social — Someone who is anti-social is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- prudent — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- economical — avoiding waste or extravagance; thrifty: an economical meal; an economical use of interior space.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
noun sparing
- niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
- economy — thrifty management; frugality in the expenditure or consumption of money, materials, etc.
- miserliness — of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly.