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Adjective saved has 2 senses
- saved - rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin; "a saved soul"
Antonyms: lost, cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved, destroyed, ruined
- protected, saved - guarded from injury or destruction
Antonym: destroyed (indirect, via preserved)
Verb save has 10 senses
- salvage, salve, relieve, save - save from ruin, destruction, or harm
--1 is one way to rescue, deliver
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- save, preserve - to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
--2 is one way to keep, hold on
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- save, carry through, pull through, bring through - bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack"
Sample sentence:
They save him from writing the letter
- save - spend less; buy at a reduced price
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something on somebody
- save, lay aside, save up - feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary"
Sample sentence:
They save the money
- save, make unnecessary - make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time"
--6 is one way to prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
- deliver, redeem, save - save from sins
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- spare, save - refrain from harming
--8 is one way to refrain, forbear
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- save, economize, economise - spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"
--9 is one way to spend, expend, drop
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Something ----s something
- keep open, hold open, keep, save - retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"
--10 is one way to reserve, hold, book
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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