Synonyms for save
verb
To remove from danger
deliver, extricate, rescue, free, set free, liberate, release, emancipate, ransom, redeem, come to the rescue of, snatch from the jaws of death, wrest from danger, defend; see also rescue 1.
Antonyms endanger*, desert, condemn.
To deliver from sin
rescue from sin, reclaim, regenerate, bring into spiritual life, deliver from the power of Satan.
Antonyms condemn*, damn, send to Hell.
To hoard
collect, store, lay up, lay apart, lay in, amass, accumulate, gather, treasure up, store up, pile up, hide away, cache, stow away, draw the purse strings*.
Antonyms waste*, spend, invest.
To preserve
conserve, keep, put up, protect; see preserve 3.
To reserve
lay aside, lay away, set aside; see maintain 3.
To avoid
spare, curtail, lessen; see avoid. See syn. study at rescue.
See save in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
save 1rescue reclaim redeem deliver
These verbs mean freeing a person or thing from danger, evil, confinement, or servitude. Save is the most general: The smallpox vaccine has saved many lives. A police officer saved the tourist from being cheated.
Rescue usually implies saving from immediate harm or danger by direct action: rescue a rare manuscript from a fire.
Reclaim can mean to bring a person back, as from error to virtue or to right or proper conduct: “To reclaim me from this course of life was the sole cause of his journey to London” (Henry Fielding).
To redeem is to free someone from captivity or the consequences of sin or error; the term can imply the expenditure of money or effort: The price for redeeming the hostages was extortionate.
Deliver applies to liberating people from something such as misery, peril, error, or evil: “consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them” (George Washington).
See save in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To extricate, as from danger or confinement:
deliver, rescue. Idiom: come to the rescue of. See helpTo protect (an asset) from loss or destruction:
conserve, husband, preserve. See keepTo use without wasting:
conserve, economize, spare. See saveTo reserve for the future.
Also used with up: keep, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, set by. See keep, saveTo accumulate and set aside for future use.
Also used with up: lay in, lay up, stockpile, store (up). See keep
Learn more about save
link/cite
print
suggestion box
