» save

Words people most associate with “save”:

  1. money,
  2. rescue,
  3. spend,
  4. me,
  5. keep

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Noun (1 meaning)

1. (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring.

save

Examples:
  • “the goalie made a brilliant save”,
  • “the relief pitcher got credit for a save”
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  • sport, athletics (noun) - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

Verb (11 meanings)

1. save from ruin, destruction, or harm.

to salvage, salve, relieve, save

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  • rescuer, recoverer, saver (noun) - someone who saves something from danger or violence
  • salvage (noun) - the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction
  • salvage (noun) - property or goods saved from damage or destruction
  • salvager, salvor (noun) - someone who salvages
  • salvation (noun) - saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation

2. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use.

to save, preserve

Example:
  • “She saved the old family photographs in a drawer”
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  • preserve (noun) - a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone
  • saver (noun) - someone who saves (especially money)

3. bring into safety.

to save, carry through, pull through, bring through

Example:
  • “We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack”
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4. spend less; buy at a reduced price.

to save

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  • saver (noun) - someone who saves (especially money)
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5. accumulate money for future use.

to save, lay aside, save up

Example:
  • “He saves half his salary”
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6. make unnecessary an expenditure or effort.

to save, make unnecessary

Examples:
  • “This will save money”,
  • “I'll save you the trouble”,
  • “This will save you a lot of time”
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7. save from sins.

to deliver, redeem, save

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8. refrain from harming.

to spare, save

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  • sparer (noun) - someone who refrains from injuring or destroying

9. spend sparingly, avoid the waste of.

to save, economize, economise

Examples:
  • “This move will save money”,
  • “The less fortunate will have to economize now”
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10. retain rights to.

to keep open, hold open, keep, save

Examples:
  • “keep my job for me while I give birth”,
  • “keep my seat, please”,
  • “keep open the possibility of a merger”
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  • to reserve, hold, book (verb) - arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
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11. record data on a computer.

to write, save

Example:
  • “boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk”
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  • to overwrite (verb) - write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
  • computer science, computing (noun) - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures