sparing (adj.)
- abstemious
- ascetic
- austere
- benevolent
- canny
- careful
- chary
- cheap
- cheeseparing
- close
- conciliatory
- dwarfish
- economic
- economical
- exiguous
- forbearing
- forehanded
- forgiving
- frugal
- generous
- impoverished
- jejune
- kind
- lean
- limited
- long-suffering
- longanimous
- magnanimous
- meager
- mean
- measured
- mingy
- miserly
- moderate
- narrow
- niggardly
- paltry
- parsimonious
- patient
- penny-pinching
- penny-wise
- penurious
- placable
- poor
- provident
- prudent
- prudential
- puny
- restrained
- saving
- scant
- scanty
- scrawny
- scrimpy
- skimpy
- slender
- slight
- slim
- small
- sober
- spare
- sparse
- stingy
- stinted
- stinting
- stunted
- temperate
- thin
- thrifty
- tight
- tightfisted
- tolerant
- unresentful
- wary
- watered
- watery
