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life-saver

life-saver is the alternative spelling of lifesaver.

Meaning of lifesaver

Noun

lifesaver (plural lifesavers)

  1. A lifeguard or other rescuer.
    • My dad loves his job as a surf lifesaver.
  2. A life buoy.
    • They threw him a lifesaver and then hauled him up onto the boat.
  3. Any lifesaving tool or item of supplies.
    • When I got lost in the woods, my Swiss Army knife was a lifesaver.
  4. (figuratively) Someone or something that is very useful or helpful.
    • Thank you so much for fixing my car; you're a real lifesaver!
    Synonyms:
    boon, godsend

Forms of life-saver

plurallife-savers

Questions about life-saver

What is life-saver the alternative spelling of?
Life-saver is the alternative spelling of lifesaver.

Words near life-saver in the dictionary

  1. life-lore
  2. life-or-death
  3. life-preserver
  4. life-preservers
  5. life-ruining
  6. life-saver
  7. life-savers
  8. life-saving
  9. life-sentenced
  10. life-size
  11. life-sized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: life-saver (page history and authors); lifesaver (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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