1. Someone who refrains from injuring or destroying
   "He was a sparer of insects, always catching and releasing them instead of killing them"

1. More than is needed, desired, or required
   "sleeping in the spare room";
   - excess, extra, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
    
2. Kept in reserve especially for emergency use
   "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
    
3. Not taken up by scheduled activities
   "spare time on my hands";
   - free
    
4. Lacking embellishment or ornamentation
   "The spare design of the room emphasized its clean lines";
   - plain, bare, unembellished, unornamented
    
5. Thin and fit
   "the spare figure of a marathon runner";
   - trim
    
6. Lacking in magnitude or quantity
   "a spare diet";
   - bare, scanty
    
7. [Brit, informal] Very angry
   "He became spare with rage when he discovered the deception";
   - hot under the collar [informal]

Derived forms: sparers

See also: angry, cross, lean, meager [N. Amer], meagerly [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], meagrely [Brit, Cdn], scrimpy, stingy [informal], thin, unadorned, undecorated, unnecessary, unneeded, unoccupied

Type of: benefactor, helper

Encyclopedia: Sparer, Paul