Synonyms and Antonyms of sparing
1
careful in the management of money or resources
- a sparing couple who are trying to save up enough for a house
conserving, preserving, saving
forehanded, foresighted, foresightful, prudent
penny-wise
cheap, close, closefisted, mean, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, spare, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted
improvident, shortsighted
bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unselfish, unsparing
extravagant, indulgent, lavish
2
giving or sharing as little as possible
- a government agency that has always been sparing of public information
cheap, chintzy, close, closefisted, mean, mingy, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
careful, chary, conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, saving, scrimping, skimping, thrifty
acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, greedy, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious, selfish, shabby, small, sordid
begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful
inhospitable
altruistic, selfless, unselfish
extravagant, free, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse
beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical)
compassionate, good-hearted, greathearted, kindly, magnanimous, openhearted
thriftless, unthrifty
dissipating, frittering, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, splurging, squandering, wasteful, wasting
3
less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable
- unfortunately, the explanation of the health insurance plan was somewhat sparing on details
exiguous, hand-to-mouth, light, meager (or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy
