saving

Speech parts

1. saving - Noun

2. saving - Adjective

3. saving - Verb

4. saving - Preposition

6. saving - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Save

Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.

Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage.

Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.

With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.

Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.

Exception; reservation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

deliverance economy delivery rescue preservation sparing redeeming frugality redemptive protecting conserving preserving rescuing economizing providence
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Antonyms

highlife using free liberal butchery prodigal
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Hypernyms

action protection recovery retrieval

Hyponyms

salvation reformation conservation reservation salvage reclamation

Phrases with the word

energy-saving company's saving grace saving for a rainy day beyond saving saving energy saving of power

Anagrams

vasing

Examples

work is the deliverance of mankind Source: Internet

a surgeon's job is the saving of lives Source: Internet

it was a small economy to walk to work every day Source: Internet

there was a saving of 50 cents Source: Internet

saving faith Source: Internet

redemptive (or redeeming) love Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

savin juniperus savinase savine saving and credit saving and loan saving energy