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sparesnounpl. of spare an interchangeable part or piece of equipment that is kept on hand for replacement of an originalwe promptly replaced the burnt-out lightbulb with a spare extras, reserves backups, substitutesstockscarbon copies, clones, copies, doubles, dummies, dupes, duplicates, replacements, replicas, replications, reproductions archetypes, originals, prototypes sparesverbpresent tense third-person singular of spareto use or give out in stingy amountsI'll have a banana split—and don't spare the whipped cream nurses, scants, skimps (on), stints (on) doles out, metes (out), portions (out), rations (out)pinches, shortchangesconserves, preserves heaps, lavishes, pours, rains, showers to avoid unnecessary waste or expenseshe had grown up during the Great Depression, so she was no stranger to sparing economizes, pinches, saves, scrimps, skimps conserves, husbands, maintains, manages, preservesscrapescuts back, cuts down, retrencheshoards, lays up pinches pennies wastes blows, dissipates, fritters (away), lavishes, misspends, runs through, spends, squanders, throws awaysplurges |