Standard Lemma guide

rescuer

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹɛskjuːə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who rescues someone or something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who saves something from danger or violence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recoverer, saver

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: salvager, salvor, succorer, succourer

3

noun

Meaning 3

a person who rescues you from harm or danger

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: savior, saviour, deliverer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: benefactor, helper

Narrower terms: messiah, christ

History

Etymology

From rescue + -er.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُنْقِذ (munqiḏ) — person who rescues
  • Arabic: مُنَجٍّ (munajjin) — person who rescues
  • Arabic: منقذ (múnqez) — person who rescues
  • Armenian: փրկարար (pʻrkarar) — person who rescues
  • Armenian: փրկիչ (pʻrkičʻ) — person who rescues
  • Belarusian: ратава́льнік (rataválʹnik) — person who rescues
  • Belarusian: ратава́льніца (rataválʹnica) — person who rescues
  • Bulgarian: спаси́тел (spasítel) — person who rescues
  • Bulgarian: спаси́телка (spasítelka) — person who rescues
  • Chinese Mandarin: 救助者 (jiùzhùzhě) — person who rescues
  • Czech: záchranář — person who rescues
  • Czech: záchranářka — person who rescues
  • Danish: redder — person who rescues
  • Dutch: redder — person who rescues
  • Estonian: päästja — person who rescues
  • Finnish: pelastaja — person who rescues
  • French: sauveur — person who rescues
  • French: sauveuse — person who rescues
  • French: sauveteur — person who rescues
  • French: sauveteuse — person who rescues
  • Georgian: მაშველი (mašveli) — person who rescues
  • German: Retter — person who rescues
  • German: Retterin — person who rescues
  • Greek: διασώστης (diasóstis) — person who rescues
  • Greek: σωτήρ (sotír) — person who rescues
  • Greek: σωτήρας (sotíras) — person who rescues
  • Greek: λυτρωτής (lytrotís) — person who rescues
  • Italian: soccorritore — person who rescues
  • Italian: soccorritrice — person who rescues
  • Japanese: 救助者 (kyūjosha) — person who rescues
  • Kazakh: құтқарушы (qūtqaruşy) — person who rescues
  • Korean: 구조자 (gujoja) — person who rescues
  • Korean: 구출자 (guchulja) — person who rescues
  • Kyrgyz: куткаруучу (kutkaruucu) — person who rescues
  • Macedonian: спасител (spasitel) — person who rescues
  • Macedonian: спасителка (spasitelka) — person who rescues
  • Malayalam: രക്ഷകൻ (rakṣakaṉ) — person who rescues
  • Malayalam: രക്ഷക (rakṣaka) — person who rescues
  • Māori: kaiwhakaora — person who rescues
  • Māori: kairauora — person who rescues
  • Māori: kaiwhakarauora — person who rescues
  • Norwegian Bokmål: redder — person who rescues
  • Persian: رهادهنده (rahâdahande) — person who rescues
  • Persian: نجاتدهنده (nejât-dahande) — person who rescues
  • Polish: ratownik — person who rescues
  • Polish: ratowniczka — person who rescues
  • Romanian: salvator — person who rescues
  • Russian: спаса́тель (spasátelʹ) — person who rescues
  • Russian: спаса́тельница (spasátelʹnica) — person who rescues
  • Russian: спаси́тель m спаси́тельница (spasítelʹ) — person who rescues
  • Russian: избави́тель (izbavítelʹ) — person who rescues
  • Russian: избави́тельница (izbavítelʹnica) — person who rescues
  • Serbo-Croatian: спа̀силац — person who rescues
  • Serbo-Croatian: spàsilac — person who rescues
  • Slovak: záchranár — person who rescues
  • Slovak: záchranárka — person who rescues
  • Slovene: reševalec — person who rescues
  • Slovene: reševalka — person who rescues
  • Slovene: rešitelj — person who rescues
  • Slovene: rešiteljica — person who rescues
  • Spanish: rescatista — person who rescues
  • Swedish: räddare — person who rescues
  • Tajik: наҷотдиҳанда (najotdihanda) — person who rescues
  • Telugu: రక్షకుడు (rakṣakuḍu) — person who rescues
  • Turkish: kurtarıcı — person who rescues
  • Ukrainian: рятува́льник (rjatuválʹnyk) — person who rescues
  • Ukrainian: рятува́льниця (rjatuválʹnycja) — person who rescues
  • Uzbek: qutqaruvchi — person who rescues
  • Welsh: achubwr — person who rescues