spare
12
3.9
- adjective
- /spɛr/
:
sobrio
- Louise's place had been so spare that now, with things flung around, it seemed almost homey.
Examples
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The artist chose a spare design for the website to keep the focus on the content.
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Frederick's apartment was still spare, but she liked it that way.
Fiction book (1996) -
My quarters are spare, but I think you will find them comfortable.
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While the style of the sermons is spare and simple, the doctrine is complex.
Academic text (2003) -
Could African art live and breathe freely in a sleek, spare, and quiet environment?
Academic text (2007) -
Upstairs, where she lives, her rooms are spare, lacking the color, texture, and objets of her work area.
Fiction book (1997) -
Except for the bathroom mirrors and a Divine poster, it was almost militarily spare of furnishings.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her wardrobe is quite spare, consisting mainly of basic, essential items.
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Their home is decorated in a spare style, emphasizing simplicity and functionality.
Synonyms
208
1.0
Simple and not decorated or flavored
122
3.5
Only just enough, with no extra things
15
2.7
Simple and plain without anything special or expensive
1
5.8
Plain and simple in appearance without extra decoration
Plain and not decorated, like a simple room or building
Plain and simple, not expensive or decorated
Antonyms
- Literature
26
7.0
Using long, fancy words and complicated sentences that make writing hard to follow
Idioms
Compounds
How Simple
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spare also grew to mean 'little' or 'not much', so a spare room or style is simple and without extra things.