The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - savev.

1) (come to someone's) rescue, deliver; (set) free, liberate, release, redeem, bail (someone) out; recover, salvage, retrieve: What can be done to save me from the drudgery of doing the laundry? She saved only one thing of value from the fire. 2) keep, preserve, guard, safeguard, protect, conserve, secure, shelter, shield: One way to save dried flowers is to press them between the leaves of a book. 3) lay or put aside, lay or put by, lay or put away, keep, retain, set apart, hold, reserve, preserve, conserve; economize, scrimp, scrape: Soon he had saved enough money to buy a new car. If you keep on saving, you may soon have enough for a new suit. 4) obviate, preclude, spare, prevent: A little extra care taken now will save a lot of trouble later on.