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Definitions for Save

[1] to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
[2] to keep safe, intact, or unhurt; safeguard; preserve: God save the king.
[3] to keep from being lost: to save the game.
[4] to avoid the spending, consumption, or waste of: to save fuel.
[5] to keep, as for reuse: to save leftovers for tomorrow's dinner.
[6] to set aside, reserve, or lay by: to save money.
[7] to treat carefully in order to reduce wear, fatigue, etc.: to save one's eyes by reading under proper light.
[8] to prevent the occurrence, use, or necessity of; obviate: to come early in order to save waiting.
[9] Theology . to deliver from the power and consequences of sin.
[10] Computers . to copy (a file) from RAM onto a disk or other storage medium.
[11] Sports . to stop (a ball or puck) from entering one's goal.
[12] to lay up money as the result of economy or thrift.
[13] to be economical in expenditure.
[14] to preserve something from harm, injury, loss, etc.
[15] to admit of being kept without spoiling, as food.
[16] an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
[17] Baseball . a statistical credit given a relief pitcher for preserving a team's victory by holding its lead in a game.
[18] except; but: All the guests had left save one.
[19] except; but (usually followed by that ): He would have gone, save that he had no means.
[20] Sava.
[21] (tr) to rescue, preserve, or guard (a person or thing) from danger or harm
[22] to avoid the spending, waste, or loss of (money, possessions, etc)
[23] (tr) to deliver from sin; redeem
[24] (often foll by up) to set aside or reserve (money, goods, etc) for future use
[25] (tr) to treat with care so as to avoid or lessen wear or degeneration use a good light to save your eyes
[26] (tr) to prevent the necessity for; obviate the trouble of good work now will save future revision
[27] (tr) sport to prevent (a goal) by stopping (a struck ball or puck)
[28] (intr) mainly US (of food) to admit of preservation; keep
[29] sport the act of saving a goal
[30] computing an instruction to write information from the memory onto a tape or disk
[31] Also: saving (often foll by for) with the exception of
[32] but; except

Words related to Save

deliver, recover, salvage, free, manage, keep, collect, maintain, spare, conserve, store, preserve, shield, sustain, ransom, spring, defend, extricate, redeem, liberate

Words nearby Save

savannah sparrow, savannakhet, savant, savarin, savate, save, save as you earn, save face, save for a rainy day, save one's bacon, save one's breath

Origin of Save

21250–1300; Middle English; variant of safe

Other words from Save

sav·a·ble , save·a·ble , adjective
sav·a·ble·ness , save·a·ble·ness , noun
sav·er , noun
un·sav·a·ble , adjective
un·save·a·ble , adjective
un·saved , adjective

Word origin for Save

C13 sauf, from Old French, from Latin salvō, from salvus safe

Synonyms for Save

deliver, free, recover, salvage, defend, emancipate, extricate, liberate, ransom, redeem, spring, unchain, bail out, come to rescue, get off the hook, get out of hock, give a break, pull out of fire, save one's neck, set free, unshackle