savior

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US/ˈseɪvjɚ/UK/ˈseɪvjə/

noun

A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

Similar
saviourrescuerdeliverer
OriginMiddle English saveour ← Old French sauveour ← Late Latin salvātor →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

savior1

nounsavior (plural saviors)

plural saviors · alternative saviour

  1. USA person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
  2. USmedicineA child who is conceived in order to provide an organ or cell transplant to a sibling who has an otherwise fatal disease (used in combination, with "sibling", "baby", "child", "brother", "sister", etc.)

Savior2

proper nounthe Savior

alternative Saviour

  1. USChristianityJesus Christ
  2. USuncommonA male given name from English.
  3. USrareA female given name from English.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person who rescues you from harm or danger

Similar
saviourrescuerdeliverer
Broader
benefactorhelper
Also see
delivererrescuersaviour

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

savior · noun

  1. Late Latinsalvātor
  2. Old Frenchsauveour
  3. Middle Englishsaveour
  4. Englishsavior

First attested in 1300 as Middle English saveour, from Old French sauveour, from Late Latin salvātor, from salvō. Doublet of salvator. Displaced native Old English hǣlend.

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Savior · proper noun

From savior. Doublet of Salvador.

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Translations

Ancient Greek σωτήρ, σώτειρα
  • σωτήρ (sōtḗr)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • σώτειρα (sṓteira)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Arabic مُخَلِّص, مُنْقِذ
  • مُخَلِّص (muḵalliṣ)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • مُنْقِذ (munqiḏ)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • المُخَلِّص (al-muḵalliṣ)(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Bulgarian спаси́тел
  • спаси́тел (spasítel)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Catalan salvador, Salvador
  • salvadora person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Salvador(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Chinese Cantonese 救星, 救世主
  • 救星a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • 救世主 (gau³ sai³ zyu²)(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
  • 救主 (gau³ zyu²)(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Chinese Mandarin 救世主, 救星
  • 救世主 (jiùshìzhǔ)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • 救星 (jiùxīng)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • 救世主 (Jiùshìzhǔ)(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
  • 救主 (Jiùzhǔ)(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Czech zachránce, Spasitel
  • zachráncea person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Spasitel(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Danish frelser
  • frelsera person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Dutch redder, redster
  • reddera person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • redstera person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Estonian Päästja
  • Päästja(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Finnish pelastaja, Vapahtaja
  • pelastajaa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Vapahtaja(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
French sauveur, sauveuse
  • sauveura person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • sauveusea person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Sauveur(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
German Erlöser, Erlöserin
  • Erlösera person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Erlöserina person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Rettera person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Retterina person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Errettera person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Erretterina person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Greek σωτήρας, σώτειρα
  • σωτήρας (sotíras)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • σώτειρα (sóteira)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Hawaiian Hoola
  • Hoola(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Hebrew מוֹשִיעַ, מוֹשִיעַ
  • מוֹשִיעַ (moshía)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • מוֹשִיעַ (moshía)(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Hungarian megváltó, megmentő
  • megváltóa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • megmentőa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Icelandic frelsari
  • frelsaria person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Indonesian Juruselamat
  • Juruselamat(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Irish slánaitheoir
  • slánaitheoira person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Italian redentore, redentrice
  • redentorea person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • redentricea person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • salvatorea person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • salvatricea person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Japanese 救世主, 救世主
  • 救世主 (kyūseishu)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • 救世主 (Kyūseishu)(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
  • 救い主 (Sukuinushi)(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Korean 구세주, 구세주
  • 구세주 (guseju)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • 구세주 (guseju)(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Latin salvātor, salvātrīx
  • salvātora person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • salvātrīxa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • servātora person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • servātrīxa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Sospitaa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Salvator(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Latvian glābējs, glābēja
  • glābējsa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • glābējaa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Pestītājs(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Lithuanian gelbėtojas, gelbėtoja
  • gelbėtojasa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • gelbėtojaa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Malay penyelamat, Penyelamat
  • penyelamata person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Penyelamat(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Māori kaiwhakaora
  • kaiwhakaoraa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Norwegian Bokmål frelser, frelserinne
  • frelsera person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • frelserinnea person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • redningsmanna person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • redningskvinnea person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Persian منجی
  • منجی (monji)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Polish ratownik, ratowniczka
  • ratownika person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • ratowniczkaa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • wybawcaa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • wybawczynia person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • wybawiciela person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • wybawicielkaa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • zbawiciela person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • zbawcaa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Zbawiciel(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
  • Odkupiciel(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Portuguese salvador, salvadora
  • salvadora person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • salvadoraa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Salvador(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Romanian mântuitor, Mântuitor
  • mântuitora person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Mântuitor(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Russian спаси́тель, спаси́тельница
  • спаси́тель (spasítelʹ)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • спаси́тельница (spasítelʹnica)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • спаса́тель (spasátelʹ)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • спаса́тельница (spasátelʹnica)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Спаситель (Spasitelʹ)(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Scottish Gaelic slànaighear, slànair
  • slànaigheara person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • slànaira person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Slovak záchranca
  • záchrancaa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Spanish salvador, salvadora
  • salvadora person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • salvadoraa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Salvador(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Swahili mkombozi
  • mkombozia person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Swedish frälsare, frälserinna
  • frälsarea person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • frälserinnaa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Frälsare(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Tagalog tagapagligtas, Tagapagligtas
  • tagapagligtasa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Tagapagligtas(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Turkish kurtarıcı
  • kurtarıcıa person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Ukrainian рятівни́к, рятівни́ця
  • рятівни́к (rjativnýk)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • рятівни́ця (rjativnýcja)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • Спаситель (Spasytelʹ)(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
Urdu مَسِیحا
  • مَسِیحا (masīḥā)a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Vietnamese cứu tinh
  • cứu tinha person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
Welsh achubwr, gwaredwr
  • achubwra person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • gwaredwra person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
  • iachawdwra person who saves someone, rescues another from harm

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with savior

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Anagrams

ArvisoSiravo
Cite this entry
APA

savior. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/savior

MLA

“savior.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/savior. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “savior,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/savior.

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