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savior

/ˈseɪvjə//ˈseɪvjɚ/

savior noun: a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.

Noun

savior (plural saviors)

  1. (US) A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
  2. (US) A 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.)

Proper noun capitalized: Savior

the Savior

  1. (US) Jesus Christ
  2. (US, uncommon) A male given name from English.
  3. (US, rare) A female given name from English.

savior meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

savior in Tamil

சரணியன்

savior in Marathi

तारणकर्ता, तारणहार

savior in Urdu

a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
مَسِیحا masīḥā

savior in Bengali

ত্রাণকর্তা, উদ্ধারকর্তা
More languagesFewer languages
savior in Malayalam
രക്ഷകൻ rakṣakaṉ
savior in Punjabi
ਮੁਕਤੀਦਾਤਾ
savior in Gujarati
તારણહાર, ઉદ્ધારક
savior in Odia
ପରିତ୍ରାତା, ତ୍ରାଣକର୍ତ୍ତା
savior in Sanskrit
तारक tāraka
savior in Tagalog
tagapagligtas
savior in Arabic
مُخَلِّص muḵalliṣ, مُنْقِذ munqiḏ
savior in Malay
penyelamat
savior in Persian
منجی monji
savior in Vietnamese
cứu tinh
Dzongkha
ཉེན་སྐྱོབ་འབད་མི nyen skyob 'bad mi

Examples of savior in a sentence

  • Jesus Christ is the One, the savior.
  • "We've gone from training and assiting the saviors of mankind to playing nursemaid?
  • Even the gods accrue karma, so the human savior will also become the redeemer of the gods.

All 10 example sentences with savior

Forms of savior

Noun
pluralsaviors
alternative formsaviour
Proper noun
alternative formSaviour

Plural of savior: saviors

Origin of savior

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.

From savior. Doublet of Salvador.

Words formed from savior

Phrases with savior

Words that rhyme with savior

Questions about savior

What does savior mean?
Savior means a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
What is savior in Tamil?
Savior in Tamil is சரணியன். See Savior meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is savior?
Savior can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce savior?
Savior is pronounced /ˈseɪvjɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of savior?
The plural of savior is saviors.

Words near savior in the dictionary

  1. Savino
  2. Savinon
  3. Savinons
  4. Savinos
  5. savins
  6. savior
  7. savior complex
  8. savior complexes
  9. savioress
  10. savioresses
  11. saviorhood

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: savior (page history and authors); Savior (page history and authors); savior (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); savior (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); savior (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); രക്ഷകൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); savior (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); savior (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); savior (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); तारक (Sanskrit) (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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