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Save

/seɪv/

In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.

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📖 Definitions of "Save"

noun

1
In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
"The goaltender made a great save."
2
When a relief pitcher comes into a game leading by 3 points (runs) or less, and his team wins while continually being ahead.
"Jones retired seven to earn the save."
3
A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
"The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save."
4
The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
"If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save."

verb

1
To prevent harm or difficulty.
2
To put aside, to avoid.

preposition

1
Except; with the exception of.

conjunction

1
Unless; except

🔄 Synonyms of "Save"

17 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
preserveverb	To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
salvenoun	An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
salvagenoun	The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
deliververb	To bring or transport something to its destination.
keepverb	(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
relieveverb	(transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
spareverb	Extra.
conserveverb	(transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
redeemverb	(transitive) To save, rescue.
carry throughverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.
lay asideverb	To reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup.
pull throughverb	(intransitive) To come through pain and trouble through perseverance.
save upverb	(transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money, especially for a specific, planned expenditure.
keep openverb	retain rights to
bring throughverb	(transitive) To assist (someone) in succeeding or surviving a period of difficulty, especially illness; to nurse or aid someone through an illness.
hold openverb	retain rights to
make unnecessaryverb	make unnecessary an expenditure or effort

↔️ Antonyms of "Save"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
squanderverb	(transitive) To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
blownoun	(intransitive) To produce an air current.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Save"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
save upverb	(transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money, especially for a specific, planned expenditure.
lay asideverb	To reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup.
carry throughverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.
redeemverb	(transitive) To save, rescue.
keepverb	(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
deliververb	To bring or transport something to its destination.
relieveverb	(transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
spareverb	Extra.
pull throughverb	(intransitive) To come through pain and trouble through perseverance.
conserveverb	(transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
salvageverb	The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
salveverb	An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
preserveverb	To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
bring throughverb	(transitive) To assist (someone) in succeeding or surviving a period of difficulty, especially illness; to nurse or aid someone through an illness.
hold openverb	retain rights to
keep openverb	retain rights to
make unnecessaryverb	make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
rescueverb	To save from any violence, danger or evil.
rescuingnoun	The act of effecting a rescue.
reserveverb	(transitive, ditransitive) To book in advance; to make a reservation for.