Rescuer

//ˈɹɛskjuːə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "rescuer" (33 found)

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Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

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Synonyms

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capable of

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derived

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derived from

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is a

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related to

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Translations

68 translations across 38 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • مُنَجٍّ noun (person who rescues)
  • مُنْقِذ noun (person who rescues)

Armenian

2 entries
  • փրկարար noun (person who rescues)
  • փրկիչ noun (person who rescues)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ратава́льнік noun (person who rescues)
  • ратава́льніца noun (person who rescues)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • спаси́тел noun (person who rescues)
  • спаси́телка noun (person who rescues)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 救助者 noun (person who rescues)

Czech

2 entries
  • záchranář noun (person who rescues)
  • záchranářka noun (person who rescues)

Danish

1 entries
  • redder noun (person who rescues)

Dutch

1 entries
  • redder noun (person who rescues)

Estonian

1 entries
  • päästja noun (person who rescues)

Finnish

1 entries
  • pelastaja noun (person who rescues)

French

4 entries
  • sauveteur noun (person who rescues)
  • sauveteuse noun (person who rescues)
  • sauveur noun (person who rescues)
  • sauveuse noun (person who rescues)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მაშველი noun (person who rescues)

German

2 entries
  • Retter noun (person who rescues)
  • Retterin noun (person who rescues)

Greek

4 entries
  • διασώστης noun (person who rescues)
  • λυτρωτής noun (person who rescues)
  • σωτήρ noun (person who rescues)
  • σωτήρας noun (person who rescues)

Italian

2 entries
  • soccorritore noun (person who rescues)
  • soccorritrice noun (person who rescues)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 救助者 noun (person who rescues)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • құтқарушы noun (person who rescues)

Korean

2 entries
  • 구조자 noun (person who rescues)
  • 구출자 noun (person who rescues)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • куткаруучу noun (person who rescues)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • спасител noun (person who rescues)
  • спасителка noun (person who rescues)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • രക്ഷക noun (person who rescues)
  • രക്ഷകൻ noun (person who rescues)

Māori

3 entries
  • kairauora noun (person who rescues)
  • kaiwhakaora noun (person who rescues)
  • kaiwhakarauora noun (person who rescues)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • redder noun (person who rescues)

Persian

2 entries
  • رهادهنده noun (person who rescues)
  • نجاتدهنده noun (person who rescues)

Polish

2 entries
  • ratowniczka noun (person who rescues)
  • ratownik noun (person who rescues)

Romanian

1 entries
  • salvator noun (person who rescues)

Russian

4 entries
  • избави́тель noun (person who rescues)
  • избави́тельница noun (person who rescues)
  • спаса́тель noun (person who rescues)
  • спаса́тельница noun (person who rescues)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • spàsilac noun (person who rescues)
  • спа̀силац noun (person who rescues)

Slovak

2 entries
  • záchranár noun (person who rescues)
  • záchranárka noun (person who rescues)

Slovene

4 entries
  • reševalec noun (person who rescues)
  • reševalka noun (person who rescues)
  • rešitelj noun (person who rescues)
  • rešiteljica noun (person who rescues)

Spanish

1 entries
  • rescatista noun (person who rescues)

Swedish

1 entries
  • räddare noun (person who rescues)

Tajik

1 entries
  • наҷотдиҳанда noun (person who rescues)

Telugu

1 entries
  • రక్షకుడు noun (person who rescues)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kurtarıcı noun (person who rescues)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • рятува́льник noun (person who rescues)
  • рятува́льниця noun (person who rescues)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qutqaruvchi noun (person who rescues)

Welsh

1 entries
  • achubwr noun (person who rescues)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He gazed upon his rescuer.

Source: tatoeba (5276629)

The method requires a rescuer or bystander to place his or her fist on the femoral artery, between the hip of the wounded leg and the genitals, and apply pressure using their full body weight to stop blood flow to the leg wound.

Source: tatoeba (10321381)

Rodrigo needs to perform his duty as a rescuer.

Source: tatoeba (11776235)

Rodrigo explained to Rima his duty as a rescuer.

Source: tatoeba (11776300)

Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.