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1. Rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
   "a saved soul"
    
2. Guarded from injury or destruction
   - protected

1. Prevent being ruined, destroyed, lost, or harmed
   - salvage, salve, relieve
    
2. To keep up and reserve for personal or special use
   "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer";
   - preserve
    
3. Bring into safety
   "We saved most of the victims of the bomb attack";
   - carry through, pull through, bring through
    
4. Spend less; buy at a reduced price
    
5. Accumulate money for future use
   "He saves half his salary";
   - lay aside, save up
    
6. Make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
   "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time"; "This will save money"
    
7. (religion) Prevent committing sins
   - deliver, redeem
    
8. Refrain from harming
   - spare
    
9. Spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
   "This move will save money";
   - economize, economise [Brit]
    
10. Retain rights to
    "save the possibility of a merger";
    - keep open, hold open, keep
     
11. (computing) record data on a computer
    - write

See also: blessed, blest, discovered, found, preserved, ransomed, reclaimed, redeemed, regenerate, rescued, salvageable

Type of: book, deliver, drop, expend, forbear, forbid, foreclose, forestall, hold, hold on, keep, preclude, prevent, record, refrain, rescue, reserve, spend, tape

Antonym: lost

Encyclopedia: Saved