Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

Preposition

Conjunction

The word "save" can be used as verb, noun, proper noun, preposition and conjunction.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

lay aside lay away lay by lay in lay up put aside put away put by store away store up

Derived Terms

God save the mark a penny saved is a penny earned a penny saved is a penny gained a prophet is not without honor save in his own country auto-save auto-save autosave autosave captain save a hoe daylight-saving time death save dissave face-saving foresave game save lifesaver lifesaving multisave nonsave outsave oversave quicksave reaction save resave savable save appearances save as save as save by the bell save face save file save for a rainy day save harmless save it save one's breath save one's breath to cool one's porridge save one's neck save one's skin save over save point save shot save slot save someone's bacon save someone's face save someone's life save someone's skin save something for a rainy day save state save the best for last save the date save the day save the drama for your mama save the drama for your momma save the furniture save the mark save up save versus save vs. save-all saved by the bell saved game savefile savegame savement savepoint savescum savestate saveworthy saving your presence saving your reverence scrimp and save shit fire and save matches skimp and save time-saving to save one's life undersave unsave withsave

Entails

buy

Context

baseball computing professional wrestling rpg slang sport sports theology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accumulate act amass bar book bring through carry through collect compile deliver drop expend forbear forbid foreclose forestall hoard hold hold on keep move pile up preclude prevent prevention pull through record refrain rescue reserve roll up spend tape

Type Of (IsA)

prevention

Manner Of

keep prevent spend

Related Terms

accumulate africa block computers conserve damnation disk economize except exception file france future garonne grenade harare harm help indian ocean keep medium money mozambique obviate opponent prevent protect pyrenees redeem rescue river safe safeguard saving throw scoring spare sport storage storage medium store survive unless unnecessary use valuable waste zimbabwe

Similar Terms

hold on keep

Synonym Network

deliver economize keep open rescue sabi salvage spare write

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