noun
Meaning 1
One who saves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a saver of souls
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
saver
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈseɪvə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈseɪvəɹ/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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homophone: savour
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rhymes with -eɪvə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S EY1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who keeps savings more than usual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He’s a saver and she’s a spender; you’d think the marriage would be doomed, but he keeps them from going into bankruptcy and she makes sure they have a lot of fun.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A ticket or coupon that offers a discount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
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: rescuer, recoverer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: salvager, salvor, succorer, succourer
noun
Meaning 5
someone who saves (especially money)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: owner, possessor
Narrower terms: economizer, economiser, hoarder
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh2- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h2-wós Proto-Italic *salawos Latin salvus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin salvō Latin salvāre Old French sauverbor. Middle English saven English save Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English saver From save + -er.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: спестител (spestitel) — one who saves
- Māori: kaiwhakaputu — one who saves
- Marathi: वाचवणारा (vācavṇārā) — one who saves
- Marathi: वाचवणारी (vācavṇārī) — one who saves
- Swedish: sparare — one who saves