Save

Definition: Save

Save

Noun

1. The act of preventing the opposition from scoring (in sports): "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save".

Verb

1. Save from ruin or destruction.

2. To keep up and reserve for personal or special use: "save something in case you hit trouble.".

3. Bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack".

4. Spend less; buy at a reduced price.

5. Feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary".

6. Make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time".

7. From sins, as in religious dogma.

8. Refrain from harming.

9. Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now".

10. : retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "save" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Save \Save\, preposition or conj. [French sauf, properly adj., safe. See Safe, adjective]. (references)

Computing

Finance

Literature

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SAVE

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Save

Aid

Interjection: help! save us! to the rescue!

Deity

Atone, redeem, save, propitiate, mediate;

Deliverance

Verb: deliver, extricate, rescue, save, emancipate, redeem, ransom; bring off,bring through; tirer d'affaire, get the wheel out of the rut, snatch from the jaws of death, come to the rescue; rid; retrieve; (restore); be rid of, get rid of.

Economy

Verb: be economical; Adjective: practice economy; economize, save; retrench, cut back expenses, cut expenses; cut one's coat according to one's cloth, make both ends meet, keep within compass, meet one's expenses, pay one's way, pay as you go; husband; (lay by).

Save money, invest money; put out to interest; provide for a rainy day, save for a rainy day, provide against a rainy day, save against a rainy day; feather one's nest; look after the main chance.

Escape

Verb: escape, scape; make one's escape, effect one's escape, make good one's escape; break jail; get off, get clear off, get well out of; echapper belle, save one's bacon, save one's skin; weather the storm; (safe); escape scot-free.

Exclusion

Adverb: exclusive of, barring; except; with the exception of; save; bating.

Exemption

Exempt, release, acquit, discharge, quitclaim, remise, remit; free, set at liberty, let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license; stretch a point; absolve; (forgive); exonerate; (exculpate); save the necessity.

Nonaddition Subtraction

Adverb: in deduction; Noun: less; short of; minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation; not counting, if one doesn't count.

Preservation

Verb: preserve, maintain, keep, sustain, support, hold; keep up, keep alive; refrigerate, keep on ice;not willingly let die; bank up; nurse; save, rescue; be safe, make safe; take care of; (care); guard; (defend).

Safety

Verb: be safe; Adjective:; keep one's head above water, tide over, save one's bacon; ride out the storm, weather the storm; light upon one's feet, land on one's feet; bear a charmed life; escape.

Store

Verb: store; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save.

Unconformity

Adverb: unconformably; Adjective: except, unless, save barring, beside, without, save and except, let alone.

Wonder

Interjection: lo, lo and behold! O! heyday! halloo! what! indeed! really! surely! humph! hem! good lack, good heavens, gad so! welladay! dear me! only think! lackadaisy! my stars, my goodness! gracious goodness! goodness gracious! mercy on us! heavens and earth! God bless me! bless us, bless my heart! odzookens! O gemini! adzooks! hoity-toity! strong! Heaven save the mark, bless the mark! can such things be! zounds! 'sdeath! what on earth, what in the world! who would have thought it!; (inexpectation); you don't say so! You're kidding!. No kidding? what do you say to that! nous verrons! how now! where am I?

Worship

Interjection: hallelujah, allelujah! hosanna! glory be to God! O Lord! pray God that! God grant, God bless, God save, God forbid! sursum corda.

Crosswords: Save

Danish (saw).

I'm sorry, but we can't possibly save all the worms (Seven Years in Tibet; writing credit: Becky Johnston)

Eeeeee! save me (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders)

Well, you did save my life (The Spy Who Loved Me; writing credit: Christopher Wood)

You're not going to save the world, Okay you're delusional (Twelve Monkeys; writing credit: David Webb Peoples)

and just think of the time you save! (Stuart Little 2; writing credit: E.B. White; Douglas Wick)

Save A Corner Of Your Heart for me (SAVE A CORNER OF YOUR HEART; performing artist: Poco)

You go and save the best for last (Save the Best for Last; performing artist: Vanessa Williams)

You can save me from the man that I've become, oh yeah (Shape Of My Heart; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

Trying to save what's left of my heart and soul (Ghost Of You And Me; performing artist: BBMak)

Don't try to save me (You May Be Right; performing artist: Billy Joel)

Save time; see it my way. (references; author: unknown)

Save the whales. Collect the whole set. (references; author: unknown)

Share your smile with everyone, but save your kiss for only one. (references; author: unknown)

Trust is like money: You spend it, you save it, you lend it, and sometimes you get robbed. (references; author: unknown)

A politician is a person who can make waves and then make you think they are the only one who can save the ship. (references; author: unknown)

Save Me (2000)

And No One Could Save Her (1973)

The Save the Children Fund Film (1971)

How to Save a Marriage (And Ruin Your Life) (1968)

Fireman Save My Child (1954)

Save The Last Dance For Me (performing artist: The Drifters)

Save Your Heart For Me (performing artist: Gary Lewis and The Playboys)

Who Will Save Your Soul (performing artist: Jewel)

I'm Holdin' On To Love (To Save My Life) (performing artist: Shania Twain)

Save It For Me (performing artist: The Four Seasons)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Save Group PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• It Will Happen Again: A Green Beret's Call to Save America (reference)

• The Ultimate Safe Money Guide: How Everyone 50 and Over Can Protect, Save and Grow Their Money (reference)

• Great Garden Shortcuts: 100s of All-New Tips & Techniques That Guarantee You'll Save Time, Save Money, Save Work (reference)

• Save Your Hands! Injury Prevention for Massage Therapists (reference)

• Let My Heart Attack Save Your Life: A Simple, Sound, Workable Weight Management Plant (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Best Way To Save For College - A Complete Guide To 529 Plans (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Save the Endangered Species-The Amazon River Dolphin (reference)

• Molly Moo Cow W/Friends Save T (reference)

• Mom and Dad Save the World (reference)

• Save the Last Dance (reference)

• Save Our History - Declaration of Independence (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Here to Save You All (reference)

• Save the Last Dance (2001 Film) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Big Horn 10225 3-Piece Featherboard Set - Buy 3-Piece Set , Save over 25% (reference)

• Factory-Reconditioned DeWalt DW423KR 5" Heavy Duty Random Orbit Sander with Electronic Variable Speed Save $15 Off New (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The "Wrecker Memorial" at Key West. Wreckers flocked to the scene of shipwrecks hoping to salvage the cargoes for their own enrichment. However, their first legal priority was to save lives. Credit: America's Coastlines.

John Torgan of Save the Bay RI volunteered services to the transplant team and to reporters and the NOAA film crew during the 1997 transplants. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The Save the Bay boat carries reporters to the transplant site. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship BOWEN, named for William Bowen who lost his life attempting to save three drowning shipmates from the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship SURVEYOR on October 4, 1927, in Resurrection Bay, Alaska. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Washington Square EWP project provided hillside and bank stabilization to save the homes bordering the creek. Manhattan, KS. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Terraces, conservation tillage and conservation buffers save soil and improve water quality on this farm in Woodbury County in northwest Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Strips of oats and hay are interspersed with strips of corn to save soil and improve water quality and wildlife habitat on this field in northeast Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts.

This Urbandale, Iowa garden is mulched with yard grasses to save soil and moisture. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Contour stripcropping and managed forests in northeastern Iowa save soil on highly erodible land. Credit: Tim McCabe.

Ranchers in the Salmon Model Watershed are taking a pro-active stance to save the longest inland salmon runs in the world. Their actions will help restore the Lemhi River, shown, to its former status as prime salmon habitat. Credit: Joel McNee.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And therefore those, who after Saul's being solemnly chosen and saluted king by the tribes at Mispah, were unwilling to have him their king, made no other objection but this, How shall this man save us? v. (Second Treatise of Government)

The lower middle class, the small manufacturer, the shopkeeper, the artisan, the peasant, all these fight against the bourgeoisie, to save from extinction their existence as fractions of the middle class. (reference)

It is because I am sure that our fortunes are still in our own hands and that we hold the power to save the future, that I feel the duty to speak out now that I have the occasion and the opportunity to do so. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I want you to save yourself from greater pain

I rush in, and save one of the children, and then walk away, leaving the other to drown

It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand

Look, said Arthur, "would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?

As the life and good fame of yonder man were in your hands, there seemed no choice to me, save to be silent, in accordance with your behest

The old woman, the only occupant of the house besides himself and Cosette, always went to bed at dark to save candles

It seemed to him that he stood in the midst of a great hall, dark and silent save for the ticking of a great clock

Relent, and save your souls

Save that for later

Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches today to save nine tomorrow

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Save your energy for the most important things. (references)

The doctor usually asks you to save the passed stone(s) for testing. (references)

Early diagnosis and management of the Marfan syndrome can save lives. (references)

Business

The goal of this report is to save the reader time. (references)

Their plans include the use of new technologies to save energy. (references)

Moreover, reducing one ton of waste to a 3 cubic meter bale will save on landfill space. (references)

Children

Albania

The international organizations active in this area include UNICEF, Save the Children, Caritas, and Catholic Relief Services. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

The Talent Support Fund, an NGO funded by Save the Children and UNICEF, produced a series of educational television programs entitled "The Rights of Children in Kyrgyzstan" to help educate the population. (references)

United Kingdom

The NGO's Refugee Council and Save the Children claimed in an August report that children in the asylum system are not afforded the same level of care and protection that other children receive under childcare legislation. (references)

Economic History

Kazakhstan

Spending a little money on due diligence early on could save a lot of money later. (references)

Ukraine

The cards allow customers to save on monthly and registration fees by offering lower rates. (references)

Spain

Also, more women are entering the job market and are seeking ways to save time in making household purchases. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

Local police tried to save the suspects but were overrun by the crowd. (references)

Guatemala

There were numerous attempted lynchings in which police were able to save the victims before they were wounded severely or killed. (references)

Tunisia

The LTDH reported in 2000 that Ben Salah's cellmates beat him to death and that, despite his cries, prison guards did nothing to save him. (references)

Minorities

Indonesia

In late December 2000, then-President Wahid conceded that hundreds of Christians on Keswui and Teor Islands in Maluku had converted to Islam in November and December 2000 to save their lives. (references)

Political Economy

Botswana

However, some Batswana would prefer to see the government save less and spend more to spread the country's wealth more equitably. (references)

JAMAICA

While each investment proposal is assessed on its own merits, investments are preferred in areas which may increase productive output, use domestic raw materials, earn or save foreign exchange, generate employment, or introduce new technology. (references)

Trade

Ireland

It also may save time since formalities are all arranged before leaving for the international business trip. (references)

Netherlands

On the other hand, Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA'S) recently negotiated between the U.S. and the EU could save U.S. manufacturers up to ten percent of the cost of delivering U.S. exports to Europe. (references)

Pakistan

Pakistan is also a member (along with India and Nepal) of the Asian Clearing Union, which was founded in 1976 and aims at facilitating multilateral payments through the use of currencies of participating countries in regional transactions in order to expand intra-regional trade and save convertible foreign exchange. (references)

Travel

Austria

Save by sitting in second class, which provides more than enough comfort within Austria. (references)

Worker Rights

Moldova

The NGO Save the Children works with trafficking victims, especially repatriated girls. (references)

Cuba

The Government reduced the workday in some government offices and state enterprises to save energy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Save I pray thee

Save I pray thee

Save I pray thee

Save I pray thee

Expressions using "save": all save one ♦ dig save ♦ flying save ♦ God save ♦ god save the king! ♦ god save the queen! ♦ god save us! ♦ make a save ♦ partial save ♦ periodic save ♦ power save mode ♦ save a goal ♦ save against a rainy day ♦ save and except ♦ save appearances ♦ save as you earn ♦ save barring ♦ save by fleeing ♦ save face ♦ save for ♦ save from ♦ save generic ♦ save image ♦ save it! ♦ save money ♦ save my skin! ♦ save on ♦ save on food ♦ save one's bacon ♦ save one's breath ♦ save one's face ♦ save one's fase ♦ save one's hide ♦ save one's neck ♦ save one's own bacon ♦ save one's pains ♦ save one's skin ♦ save one's soul ♦ save smb. the trouble of doing smth. ♦ save smb.'s life ♦ save that ♦ save the day ♦ save the necessity ♦ save the situation ♦ save up ♦ save up for a rainy day ♦ save us! ♦ save your reverence ♦ scrimp and save ♦ temporary save ♦ To save appearances ♦ To save one's bacon. Additional references.

Beginning with "save": save-a-can, Save-a-connie, Save-a-cup, save-all, save-and-restore.

Ending with "save": Kwik-save.

Afrikaans

spaar (spare), bespaar (spare), behou (conserve, hang, hang onto, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, rescue, retain), behoed (guard, preserve, protect, shelter). (various references)

Albanian

shpëtoj (bring off, bring through, carry through, creep out, deliver, elude, escape, extricate, flee, get away, get off the hook, get out, get rid, get rid of, heal, preserve, rescue, rid, salvage, skip, spare), shpëtim (consolation, deliverance, escape, refuge, rescue, salvation, saving), veç (apart, barring, besides, beyond, but, else, except, in addition, in addition to, moreover, over and above, saving, separately, unless), vë mënjanë (hoard, lay aside, lay by, lay off, move aside, put aside, put by, salt away, set apart, set aside, set by, set down), ruaj (bear, conserve, cure, enshrine, guard, hold, hug, keep, lay up, maintain, police, preserve, protect, put by, reserve, retain, safeguard, secure, shield, spare, spin out, tend, ware, watch, watch over), parandaloj (forbid, forestall, head off, obviate, preclude, prevent, provide), me përjashtim të (but for, except, except for, excepting, excluding), mbroj (assert, champion, cover, cushion, defend, fend, fight, guard, hold, keep, maintain, plead, preserve, protect, shield, stick up for, watch over), mbaj (attach, Bate, bear, breed, carry, deduct, enshrine, force upon, get off, give, have, have smth. on, hold, keep, keep on, maintain, man, perform, pitch, preserve, refrain, respect, retain, support, sustain, wear, withhold), mënjanoj (avert, avoid, deflect, depart, eliminate, elude, leave out, move aside, remove, shunt, stave off, store, store up, suspend, thrift, translocate, turn aside, uncurtain, ward off), kursej (husband, lay up, put aside, reserve, save up, scrimp, spare, store, thrift), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring), depozitoj (bail, bank, deposit, fund, Lodge, pay in), arrij në kohë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تثبيت الكرة, ‏دخر (enshrine, fund, garner, hoard, husband, lay by, lay up, put aside, put by, reserve, set, set apart, set aside, siphon, skimp, sock away, spare, stash, store), ‏رد الكرة, ‏أنجى, ‏إقتصد (economize, eke out, manage, retrench, scrimp, sock away, spare), ‏إلا (but, except, unless), ‏خزن (hoard, stock, store, stow), ‏بإستثناء (barring, bating, besides, except, except for, excepting, exclusive, unless), ‏صد الكرة, ‏ما عدا (bar, but, except, excepting, excluding, exclusively), ‏تجنب (avert, avoid, avoidance, bypass, ditch, duck, eschew, eschewal, evade, evasion, fence, fight shy of, flee, get round, give a wide berth, hide, miss, obviate, outrun, parry, put off, shirk, shuffle, shun, shy, sidestep, steer clear of, waive), ‏حفظ (commit to memory, conservation, conserve, desiccate, din into, keep, keeping, maintenance, memorize, preservation, protect, protection, reservation, reserve, retain, set aside, store, treasure), ‏وفر (economize, put away, put by, put by smth., set apart, set aside), ‏قطع الكرة (shag), ‏لو لا (but for, except, except for), ‏نقذ (deliver, help, liberate, rescue, retrieve, salvage, salve), ‏خلص ينقذ (extricate, redeem, rid, set at large). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спестявам (put by, reserve, salt away, salt up), спасяване (escape, redemption, rescue, retrieval, retrieve, saving), спасявам (deliver, rescue), трая (continue, endure, extend, hold, keep, last, stretch), с изключение на (barring, but, except, excepting, excluding, outside, with reservation of), освен ако (except, unless), запазвам се добре, запазвам (hold over, keep, maintain, preserve, protect, reserve, retain, secure, set aside), пестя (husband, nurse, put aside, spare), икономисвам (economize, observe economy, scant, scrape, skimp), избавям (bring off, deliver, extricate, redeem, rescue, retrieve, rid). (various references)

Chinese 

省得 , 省 (comprehend, frugal, introspect, province, to leave out, to omit, to save, visit), 節約 (frugal), 挽救 (remedy, rescue), 保存 (Conserve, Conserved, conserves, Conserving, Preservation, Preserved, Preserving, saved). (various references)

Czech

zachránit (bring off, redeem, rescue, salvage). (various references)

Danish

spare (spare), redde (keep, rescue), beholde (conserve, keep, maintain, preserve, rescue). (various references)

Dutch

redden (keep, rescue), sparen (be lenient with, begrudge, indulge, regret, spare), besparen (spare), bergen (conserve, keep, maintain, Mons, preserve, put away, rescue, store, stow), behouden (conserve, keep, maintain, preserve, rescue, safe, secure). (various references)

Esperanto

savi (keep, rescue), ŝpari (spare), antaŭgardi (guard, preserve, protect). (various references)

Faeroese

spara (spare), bjarga (keep, release, rescue). (various references)

Farsi 

فقطبجز, پس اندازکردن , نگاه داشتن (Commemorate, Guard, Hold, Keep, Refrain, Retain, Stay, Stop, Tackle), نجارت دادن , اندوختن (Accumulate, Acquire, Hive, Pile, Reserve, Rollup, Store), رهاءی بخشیدن , بجزاینکه . (various references)

Finnish

säästää (economize, keep, reserve, save up, spare), pelastaa (keep, rescue, rescue salvage). (various references)

French

économiser, sauver (salvage, salve), sauvegarder (safeguard), épargner. (various references)

Frisian

rêde (keep, rescue). (various references)

German

sparen (conserve, economize, economize on, make savings, save up, saving, scrimp, skimp, spare, stint), retten (bring off, keep, preserve, receive, recover, redeem, rescue, retrieve, salvage, to deserves, to make the best of a bad job, to salvage, to salve, to save), ersparen (spare), sichern (assure, back up, backup, belay, cover, ensure, guarantee, guard, protect, safeguard, secure, to assure, to backup), erretten (deliver, keep, rescue), erlösen (deliver, keep, ransom, realize, redeem, release, rescue), aufbewahren (conserve, Harbor, harbour, keep, keep safe, kept, look after, maintain, preserve, reserve, save up, shut away, stash, store, to store), außer (apart from, aside from, beside, besides, beyond, down, except, except (for), except for, other, out of, outside, outside of, short of, without). (various references)

Greek 

σώζω (deliver from, rescue, retrieve, salve, save for), αποταμιεύω (put away, salt away, to save). (various references)

Hebrew 

מלבד (apart from, aside from, besides, excluding, only, supra), מבלעדי (except), לחסוך (economize, put away, put by, spare, stint, withhold), להושיע (rescue, salvage), להציל (deliver, rescue, salvage), פרט ל- (except, except for, excepting, with the exception of), אלא (but, except, however, moreover, nay, only), הציל. (various references)

Hungarian

kivéve (bar, barring, bated, but, except, except for, except that, excepting, excluding, wanting), védelem (aegis, cover, defence, defense, egis, evidence for the defence, protection, safeguard, shelter, shield, shielding, vindication), védés. (various references)

Indonesian

selamat (blessed, safe), selain (besides, but, except), menyelamatkan (attach), menabung (bank), aman (calm, peaceful, safe, secure, shockproof). (various references)

Irish

sábháil. (various references)

Italian

salvare (be spared, deliver, keep, redeem, rescue, salvage), risparmiare (economize, lay up, pull, skimp, spare, to save). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

除いて (except), 匡 (assist, correct), ズボン吊り (drag bunt, drawers, driving safely, jumper, safe, safeguard, safety bunt, safety net, sage, suspenders, sweater). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きょう (all, and, as well as, assist, bad harvest, bad luck, both, Buddhist scriptures, coerce, co-operation, correct, disaster, entertainment, evil, exposing, Hungary, including, interest, lance, long ages, neither, offer, pleasure, plural ending, present, serve, submit, supply, sutra, temporary home, this day, threat, threaten, today, together with, turmoil, wickedness, with), のぞいて (except), セーブ . (various references)

Korean 

를 제외하고 (Except). (various references)

Manx

tashtey (cache, deposit, dew, dump, fund; damp, hoard, keep, lay up, lodgement, put by, reserve price, saving; stockpile, stock up, store, stow; dumping, stowage, treasure), storail, spaarail (afford, doing without, economize, saving, spare), sauail (reprieve, rescue, salvage), cheumooie jeh (besides), baccey. (various references)

Papiamen

salba (keep, rescue). (various references)

Pig Latin

avesay.(various references)

Polish

oszczędzać (spare). (various references)

Portuguese

poupar (attract savings, avoid, evade, indulge, keep, lay aside, rescue, set by, spare), salvar (deliver, keep, relieve, rescue), economizar (economize, husband, lay up, put away, set by, spare). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

poupar-lhe (to save for you), pouparia (one would save). (various references)

Romanian

scoate (abstract, banish, bring out, brood, chase away, concoct, deduce, delete, deliver, dig, discharge, dismiss, draw out, drive away, edit, elicit, emit, exhaust, expel, extort, extract, extrude, fabricate, get on, give out, gouge, gut, hatch, heave, issue, let out, obtain, produce, publish, pull off, pull out, put off, put out, quarry, realize, remove, sap, scoop, strike out, strip, take off, take out, utter), scãpa (acquit, break free, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, dodge, drop, escape, fail, filter, fly off, get free, get out of, jettison, leak, let slip, loose, loosen, Miss, obviate, omit, pass up, purge, put back, release, relieve, rescue, rid, slip), salva (bring off, deliver, escape, extricate, free, pull through, redeem, rescue, salvage, salve), scuti (absolve, disengage, dispense, excuse, exempt, forgive, free, privilege, release, relieve, remit, spare), izbãvi (deliver), apãra (advocate, champion, cover, defend, fence, fend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, safeguard, shelter, shield, ward), chivernisi (administer, earn, enrich, settle), cu excepţia (barring, bating, but, except, excepting, save that, saving, short of, with the exception of), dacã nu (but that, if not, only, only that, or, otherwise, unless, without), economisi (administer, economize, put in the box, scrape, supervise), înlãtura (avert, brush aside, cast away, clear, discard, dismiss, disseize, do away, do away with, eliminate, forbear, make a clean sweep of smth., move away, obviate, overbear, preclude, remove, seclude, supersede, supplant, take away, throw by), fãrã (besides, clear of, devoid of, ex, less, minus, wanting, without), mântui (deliver), numai cã (only, only that, that), rezerva (bespeak, book, reserve), evita (avoid, balk, baulk, berth, by pass, clear, dodge, elide, elude, escape, eschew, evade, finesse, fly, forbear, keep from, Parry, pass off, put off, shun, spare). (various references)

Romany

koortarinàva (to save). (various references)

Russian 

спасать (bring off, rescue, salvage), предотвращение прорыва, беречь (guard against, keep safe, take care), если бы не (but for, except for), за исключением (all but, apart from, aside from, barring, bating, except, except for, except in, excepting, save for, to the exclusion of, with but, with the exception of, with the exclusion of), записывать (annotate, commit to paper, commit to writing, inscribe, jot, minute down, note, put down, record, write, write down), избавлять (deliver, disembarrass, get rid, release, rid, spare), копить (accumulate, amass, lay up, put aside, save up, stash), экономить (economize, retrench, skimp, spare, thrift), спасти (rescue), сберегать (reserve), сберечь (protect), сохранять (conserve, enshrine, hold in trust, keep, maintain, preserve, retain, saves), сохранять сохраняемый кроме, скопить, выгадать (gain). (various references)

Scottish

saor (a carpenter, carpenter, cheap, cheapen, deliver, easily, frank, free, gratuitous, redeem, rescue, set at liberty, unrestrained, wright), sàbhail (rescue), tiorc, teasairg (deliver, release, rescue, restore), tèaruinn, caomhain (reserve, spare). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stići blagovremeno, sprečavanje ulaska lopte u vrata, spasti (fall off), spasiti (rescue, salvage), sem (apart from, barring, beside, except, excepting, unless), sačuvati (lay by, maintain, preserve, tuck), uštedeti (put by, save up), osim (aside from, barring, bating, beside, but, else, except, except for, excepting), izuzev (except), štedeti (economize, husband, save up, spare). (various references)

Spanish

salvar (bestride, circumvent, cover, do, jump, jump over, keep, negotiate, overcome, pull through, rescue, salvage, salve, shoot, throw in), guardar (bear, bosom, conserve, envision, fence, filibeg, guard, hang on, herd, hold, hold back, hold on to, house, keep, keep back, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay up, leave in, look, maintain, observe, preserve, protect, put away, put back, put by, retain, shelter, tend, treasure, wait, ward, watch), ahorrar (hang, husband, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay up, put aside, put away, put by, save up, set by, spare). (various references)

Swedish

spara (conserve, economize, lay aside, lay by, lay up, put aside, save up, saving, scrape, scrimp, spare), rädda (deliver, fearing, keep, rescue, retrieve, salvage), frälsa (deliver, redeem, rescue), bärga (contain oneself, get along, harvest, muzzle, pick up, salvage, salve, take in, tow). (various references)

Thai

เก็บรักษา, ไถ่บาป (redeem), ช่วยชีวิต (rescue), ป้องกัน (fend off, hedge against, keep, keep back, obviate, shield), ประหยัด (economical, economize, economize on, frugal, tighten one's belt). (various references)

Turkish

sayıyı önleme, sayı yapmasını önlemek, kayda geçirmek (file, place on record, record, register), bağışlamak (absolve, bestow, dispense, donate, endow, excuse, forgive, give away, give to charity, grant, hand out, hand over, have mercy, instate, kick in, pardon, remit), başka (another, apart from, barring, beside, but, different, distinct, else, except, excepting, forth, hetero-, other, other than, otherwise, saving), biriktirmek (accumulate, amass, collect, gather, keep back, lay aside, lay by, put aside, put away, put by, roll up, salt, set apart, set by, setaside, treasure up), dışında (apart from, aside from, barring, beside, besides, but the, except, except that, excepting, not including, off, on the outside of, out of, outside of, saving, short, short of, without), -den başka (all but, aside from, bar, but the, save for, saving, unless), engellemek (balk, bar, baulk, block, circumvent, clamp the lid on smth., clog, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, cross, cumber, dam, dam up, defeat, embarrass, encumber, fetter, foil, gum up, hamper, hedge, hedge about, hedge around, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, keep down, keep from, obstruct, preclude, prevent from, put the lid on smth., resist, restrain, shut out, snag, stem, stymie, surety, trammel), hariç (bar, barring, but, but the, except for, excepting, excluding, not including, short), artırmak (add, aggrandize, amplify, augment, bid up, boom, boost, build up, bump up, compound, deepen, economize, eke out, enhance, escalate, exalt, fade up, gain, heighten, improve, increase, outbid, overbid, put on, put up, raise, run up, scale up, screw up, send up, step up, swell out, swell up, up, upgrade, whip up, work up), idareli harcamak, tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), korumak (buffer, charm, cocoon, conserve, convoy, cover, defend, embosom, embower, encourage, escort, fence, guard, indemnify, keep, keep guard, maintain, patronize, preserve, protect, safeguard, screen, secure, shade, shelter, shield, spare, sponsor, vindicate, ward), kurtarma (deliverance, extrication, liberation, recovery, redemption, relief, rescue, salvage, salvation, saving, sea rescue, wrecking), kurtarmak (absolve, bail, bail out, bring off, bring through, clean up, clear, deliver, disabuse, disabuse of, disembarrass, disembody, disengage, extricate, free, get smb. out of a jam, help, keep from, liberate, pull through, recover, redeem, relieve, rescue, retrieve, retrieve from, rid, salvage, salve, set free, tear away, unfetter, worry smb. out of smth.), kusuruna bakmamak (excuse, forgive, not to take offence), rakibin sayı yapmasını önleme, tasarruf etmek (save up), haricinde (all but, beyond, except, except that, off, out of, outside of, saving, short, short of). (various references)

Turkmen 

tygюytlamak.Turkmen/English Dictionary 109. (various references)

Ukrainian

якщо не (except, if not, nisi, saving, unless), рятувати (bring off, rescue, salvage, salve, shelter), крім (bar, barring, beside, besides, beyond, but, else, except, excepting, outside, outwith, saving, than, without), відвернення прориву, накопичувати (accumulate, amass, cumulate, gather, heap, heap up, hoard, hoard up, pile up, put aside), зупинка шайби воротарем, за винятком (aside from, bar, barring, but, except, excepting, omitting, outside, short of), берегти (guard, keep), приберігати (lay aside). (various references)

Vietnamese 

cái để giữ cho khỏi phí (save all). (various references)

Welsh

sbario (spare), safio, oni (but, except, if not, is it not?, not?, unless), ond (but, except, only), namyn (but, except), iacha/u (heal), gwaredu (deliver, do away with, redeem, rid), cynilo (economize), cadw (hang onto, hold, keep, preserve), arbed (avoid, spare), achub (rescue, seize, snatch). (various references)

conserva, conservabant, conservabat, conservabit, conservabunt, conservabuntur, conservantibus, conservare, conservari, conservasti, conservat, conservata, conservatae, conservatam, conservate, conservati, conservatis, conservatur, conservaveritis, conservaverunt, conservavit, conservent, conserves, conservet, conservo, exemit, redemerant, redemerit, redemi, redemimus, redemisti, redemit, redempta, redemptae, redempti, redempturus, redimam, redimat, redime, redimendi, redimendum, redimendus, redimens, redimentes, redimere, redimeret, redimerunt, redimes, redimet, redimetur, redimi, redimit, redimitur, salva, salvabantur, salvabimur, salvabis, salvabit, salvabitur, salvabo, salvabor, salvabunt, salvabuntur, salvamini, salvans, salvantem, salvare, salvaremur, salvares, salvaret, salvari, salvaris, salvas, salvasti, salvat, salvatae, salvate, salvati, salvator, salvatum, salvatur, salvatus, salvaveris, salvaverunt, salvavi, salvavit, salvavitque, salvem, salvemini, salvemus, salvent, salver, salves, salvet, salvetis, salvetur, salvifico, salvifico, salvo, salvo, salvus, serueris, serva, servabam, servabant, servabantur, servabatur, servabis, servabit, servabitis, servabitur, servabo, servabunt, servanda, servans, servant, servantes, servantur, servare, servarent, servaretur, servari, servas, servasse, servassetis, servasti, servastis, servat, servata, servate, servati, servatio, servatione, servatis, servatum, servatur, servatus, servaveris, servaverit, servaveritis, servaverunt, servavi, servavit, serves, servet, servetur, serveturque, servo. (various references)

salvare. (various references)

ahreddan, beorgan, gebeorgan, ge-nerian, hreddan. (various references)

sauf. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "save": saveable, saved, saveloy, saveloys, saver, savers, saves. (additional references)

Words ending with "save": dissave, oversave. (additional references)

Words containing "save": dissaved, dissaves, lifesaver, lifesavers, misaver, misaverred, misaverring, misavers, oversaved, oversaves, timesaver, timesavers, unsaved. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Save" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aave, Asaf, Asev, asf, asove, asv, Asva, Fsavc, saavy, Sabe, Sabej, sabey, sace, sadee, saee, saev, saeva, saf, Safc, saie, saje, saova, Sarva, Satva, sauv, sauva, sauve, sav, sava, Savac, savat, saveh, Saveli, saven, Savez, savge, savhe, savi, Savic, savie, savob, savot, Savu, Savva, savy, Savzey, saze, scave, scavi, seev, sev, seve, sevel, sevy, Siev, sive, sivy, skave, slv, sova, sove, Sovgeo, sovo, spave, srave, stv, sudve, suve, sv, sva, svad, sve, svec, svee, svek, svem, svep, svi, svoe, svr, Tsavo, zaf, zav, zave, zove. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: aves, vase.

-1 letter: ave, sae, sea, vas.

-2 letters: ae, as, es.

+1 letter: avens, avers, caves, devas, eaves, faves, haves, laves, naves, oaves, paves, raves, salve, saved, saver, saves, selva, shave, slave, soave, stave, suave, uveas, vales, valse, vanes, vases, veals, vesta, waves.

+2 letters: aboves, advise, agaves, aivers, averse, averts, avoset, avulse, braves, calves, carves, cavers, cavies, claves, craves, davens, davies, deaves, evades, fauves, foveas, ganevs, gavels, graves, halves, havens, havers, heaves, knaves, kvases, lavers, leaves, loaves, mauves, mavens, mavies, naevus, naives, navels, navies, pavers, pavise, ravels, ravens, ravers, reaves, salved, salver, salves, savage, savate, savers, savine, selvas, serval, shaved, shaven, shaver, shaves, shavie, sheave, silvae, slaved, slaver, slaves, slavey, sleave, soaves, spavie, starve, staved, staves, suaver, sylvae, traves, vadose, valets, valise, valses, values, valves, vamose, varies, varves, vaster, veenas, vegans, velars, versal, vesica, vestal, vestas, visaed, visage, waives, wavers, waveys, wavies, weaves.