savior

B2 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled saviour

US /ˈseɪvjɚ/ UK /ˈseɪvjə/ See IPA manual

Freq #7564

Meanings

1

noun
a person who rescues someone from danger, harm, or serious difficulty

The stranded hikers hailed the pilot as their savior.
2

noun
in Christianity, Jesus Christ regarded as the redeemer of humanity

The congregation sang a hymn praising Christ as the Savior.
3

noun
a child conceived partly to provide compatible cells or tissue for a seriously ill sibling, used in the compound savior sibling

The novel examines the ethical questions surrounding a savior sibling.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who rescues... rescuer deliverer

2 noun · in christianity, jesus... redeemer deliverer

3 noun · a child conceived partly to... savior child

Opposites

captor destroyer

Word family

Forms saviours

Derived forms savioresssaviorhoodsaviorismsaviorshipsaviouresssaviourhoodsaviourship

Related forms save salvationsalvatorsalvorsaviour

Etymology

First recorded around 1300 as Middle English saveour, from Old French sauveor, ultimately from Late Latin salvator ("one who saves"), from salvare ("to save"). It displaced the native Old English haelend in this sense. Saviour is the usual British spelling; savior is standard in American English.

Topics

People & Society

External links

# savior

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈseɪvjɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈseɪvjə/
**Frequency rank:** 7564

## Meanings
1. a person who rescues someone from danger, harm, or serious difficulty
2. in Christianity, Jesus Christ regarded as the redeemer of humanity
3. a child conceived partly to provide compatible cells or tissue for a seriously ill sibling, used in the compound savior sibling

## Examples
- The stranded hikers hailed the pilot as their savior.
- The congregation sang a hymn praising Christ as the Savior.
- The novel examines the ethical questions surrounding a savior sibling.

## Synonyms
- rescuer
- deliverer
- redeemer

## Antonyms
- captor
- destroyer

## Derived Forms
- savioress
- saviorhood
- saviorism
- saviorship
- saviouress
- saviourhood
- saviourship

## Related Forms
- save
- salvation
- salvator
- salvor
- saviour

## Etymology
First recorded around 1300 as Middle English saveour, from Old French sauveor, ultimately from Late Latin salvator ("one who saves"), from salvare ("to save"). It displaced the native Old English haelend in this sense. Saviour is the usual British spelling; savior is standard in American English.

## Topics
- People & Society

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